Plate Number 395. Turning a crank handle

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image depicts a series of photos showing a nude male subject in different positions while performing an exercise with a kettlebell-like object. The man's body is emphasized, displaying various stages of the movement as he lifts and lowers the object. His facial features are not prominent, and he has short, neatly styled hair. There are no accessories or extra items visible, and the background seems to be a draped curtain in a simple indoor setting.

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Artwork history & notes

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 395 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.379


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