Plate Number 417. Toilet, sitting and putting on stockings

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white images in a grid format showing a figure moving towards and sitting on a chair. The sequence captures each stage of the movement with the figure wearing a light garment. The setting is outdoors with a textured ground and a dark backdrop. Each frame captures a moment in time as part of a photographic study, potentially focusing on locomotion or movement dynamics. The style is reminiscent of early motion picture experiments.

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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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printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 417 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.393

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