Plate Number 403. Emptying a bucket of water

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence of actions involving buckets. The image features a grid layout with stills showing the motion of pouring water from a bucket. The frames depict steps of lifting, tilting, and pouring liquid into another container or onto the ground. Each frame showcases the movement fluidly, showing the water flow as it moves from one vessel to another. The background stays consistent, focusing on the action in the foreground. The image is in black and white.

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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. 403 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.386

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