Plate Number 420. Toilet, rising from chair and putting on clothing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing sequential movements involving a chair. The image includes multiple frames laid out in a grid, capturing actions or movements with a chair and a piece of cloth. The scene is set in a space with a wooden floor and a backdrop of horizontal lines. Each frame depicts a progression of actions interacting with the chair and the cloth, indicating motion or a study of movement. The uniform background and linear presentation suggest a deliberate study of motion or an experiment in capturing sequential actions.

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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. 420 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.395


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