Plate Number 702. Gnu bucking and galloping

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of images capturing the movement of a horned animal. The image is divided into frames that document the progression of the animal running or leaping, captured in mid-motion. The setting appears to be an enclosed area with a fenced boundary visible in the background. The ground is earthy, and the movement is presented in a way that displays the dynamics of the animal’s motion across the frames, showing different phases of its stride.

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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. 702 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.626

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