Plate Number 401. Emptying a bucket of water

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of black and white photographs showing an individual interacting with a bucket outdoors. Each frame captures a different moment in the motion. The background varies between a grid-like pattern and outdoor structures. The images focus on the physical dynamics of using a bucket, including the flow of water in the middle row. The set provides insight into movement and photography.

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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 401 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.385

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