EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
Selected Motion Studies
10 collotype plates from Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1872-1885, published under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, 1887. Each with letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright and reproduction limitation printed in the margin.
Varying sizes 8.7/8 x 12in. to 5 x 17in. (22.5 x 31.8cm. to 12.7 x 43.8cm.) (10)

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The plates depict a man riding a work horse, a nude man running, a woman crouching on steps, a man posing with a gun, a man lifting weights, a nude woman climbing a ladder, a woman lifting a large jug, a dog running, a man riding on a donkey, and a woman in a flowing dress gesturing with a fan.