Plate Number 492. Rowing

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a grid layout of multiple photographs depicting the same nude male figure shown from the side. The figure is captured in a sequence of positions that illustrate a rowing motion. The man has short hair and a well-defined, muscular build. He is seated throughout, and his legs are bent at times and extended at others, corresponding with the rowing motion. No clothing, jewelry, or items held by the person are visible in the photographs. The backdrop of each shot is a plain and dark setting. The series of photographs are arranged in rows, capturing incremental stages of what appears to be an exercise or motion study.

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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 492 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.452


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