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)
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
Not on view
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.
