Plate Number 553. Spastic, walking

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of sequential images capturing a walk cycle. Each frame depicts a different stage of the subject walking. The images are arranged in two rows - the top row shows a side view of the subject walking from left to right, while the bottom row captures the subject from behind, moving straight ahead. The background features a gridded backdrop which may have been used to measure movement or position more precisely. The series highlights the mechanics of walking, with careful attention to the positioning of limbs through each phase of the stride.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 553 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.502


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