Plate Number 486. A: Lawn tennis. B: Ascending a step. C: Descending a step. D: Ascending a ladder

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image consists of 24 frames showing a male figure in motion. The man is captured in various poses such as playing tennis, walking, ascending stairs, and climbing a ladder. He appears sideways in most frames with short dark hair. The man is nude, displaying his body as he performs different actions. He holds a tennis racket in the first row of images. The background is a plain, dark surface with props like stairs and a ladder. Each pose is part of a progressive sequence showing fluid motion.

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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. 486 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.446


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