Plate Number 416. Toilet, putting on dress

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a sequence of photographs showing a woman in motion. The woman is seen wrapping and unwrapping sheer fabric around herself. Her facial features are not prominently visible, and her hair appears styled or pinned up. She is wrapped in translucent fabric while maneuvering it around her body. The background consists of a tiled floor and a patterned wall, suggesting an enclosed or studio space with no additional objects visible.

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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. 416 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; by unknown hand, lower center underneath image in black pencil: 416; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.392

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