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Plate #521 from Animal Locomotion

Artist Eadweard Muybridge (American, 1830 - 1904)

Publisher University of Pennsylvania

Publisher Photogravure Co.

CultureAmerican

Date1887

MediumCollotype

DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 3/16 × 10 1/8 in. (28.4 × 25.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 × 23 3/8 in. (48.3 × 59.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

PortfolioAnimal Locomotion Series

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number84.76

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DescriptionThis is a collotype from the Animal Locomotion series, an electrophotographic investigation of consecutive phases of movement, 1872-1885. Eadweard Muybridge is the subject; he is nude. Published under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania; plates printed by the Photogravure Co., Philadelphia, 1887.

Label TextEadweard Muybridge American, 1830–1904 Plate #521 from Animal Locomotion, 1887 Collotype (photograph) Museum purchase 84.76 Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.