Plate Number 530. Various poses

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This photograph shows a series of images displaying sequences of a figure moving and posing. The full set consists of multiple frames arranged in four rows, each capturing a moment in a series of poses. The figure is consistent in each frame, transitioning between different stances and gestures. The background features a grid pattern. The collection of photographs together create a study of motion and body positioning, meticulously capturing each gradual change in posture.

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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. 530 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.484

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