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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
Selected Motion Studies
88 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 from 5 x 20in. to 11 x 11in. (12.7 x 50.8cm. to 28 x 28cm.) (88)

Lot Essay

The plates consist of approximately 16 animal scenes including deer, lion, leopard, ocelot, kangaroo, birds and horses; approximately 46 plates of either dressed or nude males; and approximately 26 plates of either dressed or nude females.