EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Human Locomotion: Females

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
Human Locomotion: Females
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 7.1/8 x 16in. (18 x 40.7cm.) to 12 x 9in. (30.5 x 22.9cm.) (10)

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The plates depict women in various activities, clothed, half-dressed and nude. The images include a woman carrying a basket, wearing a flowing white gown, dancing, a nude woman smoking, throwing a ball, walking up a plank, washing her feet, carrying a jug and walking down a plank, among others. Plate numbers on request.