EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Selected Motion Studies

8 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 15½in. to 9½ x 11¼in. (8)

Lot Essay

The plates depict a man on horseback, a nude man in a variety of activites including swinging a tennis racket and climbing a ladder, a nude woman ironing, a nude woman washing her feet, an eagle in flight, a bison and a horse with cart and rider, among others. Plate numbers on request.

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