Plate Number 431. Taking off clothing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows multiple frames of a woman in various stages of undress, removing a garment in different positions. Her facial features and hairstyle are not clearly visible. She is initially wrapped in a draped fabric and gradually reveals her body. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is a plain, possibly metal or wooden panel. The setting is a simple, unfurnished area focused on the subject's movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.2 × 36.5 cm (7 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 61.2 × 48.4 cm (24 1/8 × 19 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.434

  • 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 431 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.402

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