Plate Number 476. Child sitting down on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph capturing the motion of a small figure on a textured surface. The full-description includes a series of frames, with twelve images arranged in two rows. The images depict the figure in various stages of movement. The background consists of a grid pattern. The varying positions and gestures within the frames create a sense of animation or an early study of motion. The overall theme appears to center on the exploration and documentation of movement over time.

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Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

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Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 476 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.437

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