EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
Selected Motion Studies
91 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.)

Lot Essay

The plates consist of approximately 17 animal scenes including horses, many with riders, lions, deer, cranes, a hawk in flight, a horned animal possibly a gnu and a leopard; approximately 50 plates of either dressed or nude males; approximately 21 plates of either dressed or nude females; and 2 plates of a baby and 1 of hands.