Plate Number 445. Woman drinking from the water jar on the shoulder of another woman

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing movement. The artwork consists of multiple photographic frames arranged in a grid pattern, depicting a progression of movement or an action sequence. Each small frame captures a moment in the sequence, showing the fluidity and transformation of form across the frames. The setting appears to be indoors, with grid lines in the background providing a reference for motion or position change. The grid serves as an analytical tool to emphasize the transition from one position to the next, creating an animation-like effect when viewed in succession.

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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. 445 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.411


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