Lot 139
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EAWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Selected Motion Studies

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EAWEARD MUYBRIDGE
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 from 4 1/8 x 18in. to 9¼ x 12¾in. (10.5 x 45.7cm. to 23.5 x 32.4cm.) (10)

Lot Essay

The plates depict a man jumping on a horse, a lion, a pig, a nude woman walking, a clothed woman with pitcher and basin, a camel, a kangaroo, a nude man sommersaulting, a man throwing a large rock and a horse and rider. Plate numbers on request.