Plate Number 220. Stooping, and lifting handkerchief and turning

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a sequence of photographs displaying a nude individual in motion. The top row shows the person crouching down and standing up, while the bottom row captures similar movements from different angles. The individual has short hair tied closely to the head and is holding a small cloth or towel in some frames. The background consists of a tiled wall with horizontal lines, and the ground appears flat, resembling a paved or sports court.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Edward E. MacCrone Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.7 × 45.4 cm (6 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.2 × 61.1 cm (19 × 24 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.131.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Swann Auction Galleries, New York); NGA purchase (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 220 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.

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