Plate Number 387. Farmer, using a long-handled shovel

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of photographs showing someone using a shovel. The images are arranged in a grid format, capturing the motion of shoveling. Each frame depicts a person moving through the action of shoveling. The background remains the same in all frames. The images focus on studying movement and human kinetics. The tones are neutral and there is sharp contrast, highlighting form and action over the environment.

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Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 387 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.371

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