Plate Number 519. A: Throwing a disk. B: Ascending a step. C: Walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white sequential images capturing the movement of a figure. The top row shows dynamic actions, likely a leap or a run. The middle and bottom rows show the figure ascending a step and walking steadily. The images resemble early motion study photography, documenting changes in posture and position to analyze movement. Each frame is numbered for scientific documentation.

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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. 519 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.475


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