Plate Number 521. A: Walking. B: Ascending a step. C: Throwing the disk. D: Using a shovel. E, F: Using a pick

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image consists of black-and-white photographs capturing a nude male figure from multiple angles and positions. The series shows the man stepping onto a block, swinging a tool, and demonstrating different movements. The man has curly light-colored hair and the setting is a simple studio space with a plain backdrop. The figure is seen holding a long rod or stick in various sequences of movement, highlighting the physical form and function of the human body in motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887)

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.6 × 25.7 cm (11 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.4 × 61.2 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.79.505

  • Series Title

    Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eadweard Muybridge, Philadelphia, PA; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1887; acquired by NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 10 – July 18, 2010

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 521 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.477

Wikidata ID

Q64147050

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