Lot 115
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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD 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 4.7/8 x 17.5/8in. (12.5 x 44.8cm.) to 8 x 12in. (21.6 x 32.4cm.) (10)

Lot Essay

The plates depict two men boxing, a bearded man walking, a man riding horseback, an antelope, a dog, a nude woman walking down a plank, a baby crawling up steps, a nude man hammering, a nude woman drinking tea and a woman in flowing white dress carrying a lantern. Plate numbers on request.