Plate Number 490. A, B: Sitting down. C: Sprinkling water. D: Stooping for cup and drinking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of sequential images showing a figure interacting with a chair and a bucket. The grid layout displays different stages of movement, from standing to sitting and interacting with objects. The black and white tones give a scientific or documentary aesthetic, emphasizing the study of motion and the human form. The images focus on capturing natural motion from an analytical perspective.

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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 490 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.450

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