EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)

Selected Motion Studies

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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
Selected Motion Studies
33 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 31.1) to 63/8 x 17¼in. (16.2 x 43.8cm.)

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The subjects include 7 nude or partially clothed female figures, 21 nude or partially clothed male figures engaged in various activities, 3 horse and rider studies and 2 animal studies of a horse and a group of birds.

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