Plate Number 237. Sitting down on a chair and opening a fan

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a sequence showing the motion of a person interacting with a fan and a chair. The image comprises multiple frames laid out in a grid format, capturing detailed stages of movement. The top row illustrates a person holding a fan and transitioning from standing to sitting on a chair. The lower row continues the motion captured from a rear view, depicting the figure's movements from standing to sitting while holding the fan. The setting includes a gridded backdrop emphasizing the motion sequence, highlighting subtle changes in posture and position throughout the frames. This photographic study serves to analyze and understand movement through sequential imaging.

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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. 237 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.230


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