Plate Number 465. Child bringing a bouquet to a woman

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential actions involving the exchange of an object between two figures. The photograph consists of a grid of twelve images that capture a stop-motion sequence. The images depict two figures interacting, one seated on the ground draped in a white cloth, with the other standing. The background features a lined grid. The figures appear to be engaging in the passing and receiving of an object. The sequence captures the fluid motion and the changes in posture and expression as they interact.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 × 38.1 cm (7 13/16 × 15 in.)
    sheet: 47.8 × 60.4 cm (18 13/16 × 23 3/4 in.)
    mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.457

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. 465 / Copyright, 1887. by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.426

Wikidata ID

Q64147048

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