Plate Number 428. Woman disrobing another

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a photograph of a series of movement studies with drapery. The image is composed of multiple sequential frames arranged in two rows capturing a study in movement and the interaction with a piece of cloth. The top row depicts actions involving wrapping, lifting, and adjusting the drapery, while the bottom row shows similar poses from a different angle. The arrangement of frames conveys fluid motion and interaction between figures and fabric, emphasizing both figurative and form aspects. The background is simple and minimalistic, focusing the viewer's attention on the detailed motion and transitions.

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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 428 / Copyright 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower left in red pencil: 87.7.401


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