Plate Number 423. Toilet, putting on boots and rising from chair

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a motion study sequence. The image is a grid of multiple small photographs, capturing sequential movement. The photographs are arranged in rows, each showcasing slight changes in position. The subject appears to be interacting with an object or environment in a variety of dynamic poses. The background and setting are simple, focusing attention on the movement captured in the sequence of images.

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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. 423 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.398

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