Pictures from the Lava Beds, from "The Last of the Modocs," Harper's Weekly

June 21, 1873

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This image features scenes related to Modoc individuals and their environment during a conflict: 1. The top-left panel shows a figure aiming a rifle from behind rocks with the caption "MODOC BRAVE LYING IN WAIT FOR A SHOT." 2. The top-right panel depicts individuals behind rocky terrain marked "ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR AN ATTACK ON A PICKET STATION." 3. The middle panel shows a group resting against a rock and shelter titled "MODOC SQUAWS." 4. The bottom-left panel portrays individuals on a cliff edge overlooking rugged terrain with the caption "CAPTAIN JACK'S LATE STRONGHOLD." 5. The bottom-right panel shows a group peering from behind rocks named "WARM SPRING INDIANS SCOUTING." The overall theme is vigilance, resilience, and strategic occupation of geographical features under the caption "PICTURES FROM THE LAVA BEDS."

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA; puchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2012; acquired by the NGA, 2016.

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Exhibition History

2010

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

Bibliography

2010

  • Eadweard Muybridge. Exh. cat., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Tate, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. London, 2010: 66, fig. 54.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2012.002.001

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