Plate Number 549. Locomotor ataxia, walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs depicting a figure walking in two distinct sequences from different angles. The upper sequence shows a side profile of the figure walking, while the lower sequence captures the figure walking away from the camera. The images highlight the subtle shifts in posture and leg movement with each step. The background includes a grid in the top sequence. The arrangement and style suggest a study of motion similar to early photographic studies in human locomotion.

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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. 549 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.500


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