Plate Number 510. Contortions on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of sequential movements captured in multiple frames. The image shows a progression of movements demonstrating various body positions. There are twelve distinct positions arranged in a grid of four rows and four columns with a backdrop of a grid pattern. The photography captures the fluidity and flexibility of the subject matter as it advances through each frame.

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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. 510 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.466

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