Plate Number 397. Lifting a 75-lb. stone on shoulder

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of twelve black and white frames showing an individual lifting and carrying an object. The frames capture a person bending over to lift a spherical object and then carrying it on their shoulder down a pathway. The background indicates an outdoor setting, with fencing visible. The sequence documents the movements in a methodical manner, focusing on the dynamics of motion and weight transfer.

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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. 397 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.381


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