Plate Number 422. Toilet, putting on shoes and rising from chair

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a progression of black and white photographs of a woman removing a shoe. The photos capture her seated in a chair, standing up, and walking away. She is wearing a long-sleeved dress with a patterned skirt, and her hair is tied up. The setting is an empty room with grid and striped backgrounds, along with a wooden floor, with no visible jewelry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 40.2 cm (7 1/2 × 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 × 60.1 cm (18 3/4 × 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.430

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 422 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.397

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