Plate Number 390. Farmer, mowing grass

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequential capture of a motion study involving a person handling a long, curved object. The image is composed of a series of black-and-white panels forming a grid, each panel showing a moment in the sequence. The setting appears to be outdoors in front of a grid-like backdrop. The top row of panels captures the actions from a side perspective, while the bottom row provides a rear perspective. The series of photographs is designed to illustrate the stages of a motion or action. The overall appearance is methodical and scientific, intended to document and study the intricacies of movement.

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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. 390 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.374


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