Plate Number 410. Stepping out of a bathtub, sitting and wiping feet

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a series of black and white sequential photographs showing a person moving through different stages of activity. The individual is manipulating a towel or piece of clothing in various poses while standing, sitting, leaning, and stepping. Their facial features appear young with a neutral expression, and they have short, dark hair. The person is not wearing visible clothing apart from the cloth they handle throughout the sequence. A wooden chair and a small basin or container are nearby. The background consists of a horizontally-striped surface or curtain, indicating an indoor or partly enclosed area with controlled lighting.

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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 410 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.390


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