Plate Number 661. Mule; A, B, a refractory animal, Ruth

1887

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

This is a series of frames showing the movement of a horse and rider. The frames are laid out in a grid format and document different moments in time of the horse in motion, including jumping, trotting, and bucking. The background is plain, emphasizing the study of the horse's motion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collotype

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21 × 37.9 cm (8 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.5 × 61.3 cm (19 1/8 × 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.131.10

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. 661 / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.

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