Plate Number 439. Spreading a rug on the floor

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image sequence shows a woman in various full-body poses, interacting with a large piece of fabric. She appears nude, with short, neatly combed hair, and seems to be examining or manipulating the fabric. The background features neutral stripes, likely representing a wall, with a blank floor, creating a simple studio-like setting for the images.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.2 × 40.6 cm (7 9/16 × 16 in.)
    sheet: 48.4 × 61.2 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.439

  • 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. 439 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.408

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