EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
Selected Motion Studies
30 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 7¾ x 12¼in. (19.7 x 31.1cm.) to 6.3/8 x 17¼in. (16.2 x 43.8cm.) (30)

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The subjects include 14 female nudes and 5 clothed females all engaged in various activities, 3 horse and riders, 2 horse and carriage and 6 animals including a bird in flight, a group of birds, a group of deer, a horse, a dog and a lion.

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