Plate Number 245. Two models, turning around, sitting on the ground

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image is a series showing two women in dynamic poses. The subjects are standing, walking, interacting, and occasionally seated on the ground. Both women have long hair covering parts of their faces and shoulders. They are not wearing any clothing. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background includes a textured brick wall and a woven mat on the ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    Edward E. MacCrone Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 26 × 27.9 cm (10 1/4 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 47.7 × 60.4 cm (18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.131.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Equinox Gallery, Vancouver); NGA purchase (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

printed, lower center underneath image in black ink: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE. 245 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: smoking cigarette also; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: INC. 328 800LM692 / EC # 1163

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