Plate Number 463. Reaching up, stooping and turning around

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a grid of individual shots showing a woman moving through various poses. She is performing actions related to throwing and retrieving a small object. The woman's full body is visible in each frame as she stands upright, reaches up, or crouches down. She has long hair, and wears a light, possibly sheer gown. In each shot, she is holding or handling a round object. The background is a simple gridded or lined setup.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.6 × 34.5 cm (8 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.26 × 60.96 cm (19 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.455

  • 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. 463 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.424

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