Plate Number 489. A: Ascending incline. B: Ascending incline with a 50-lb. dumbbell. C: Descending incline. D: Descending incline with a 50-lb. dumbbell

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph showing a sequence capturing the motion of walking. It features small, rectangular panels arranged in a grid pattern, each showing a figure walking or using a leg brace. The sequence displays the progression of the gait cycle with variations in the stance and positions of the legs and arms in each panel. The photograph is monochromatic, suggesting a vintage feel and likely uses an early photographic technique to detail human motion intricacies.

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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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printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE 489 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.449

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