Eadweard Muybridge Art
American, 1830-1904
Inventor, photographer, entrepreneur, and artist - Eadweard Muybridge was responsible for creating some of the most important and groundbreaking photographic studies of motion. Often referred to as “the father of the motion picture” for his innovative use of the camera, Muybridge stands out - both for his groundbreaking artistic expression, and for his detailed scientific study of movement. Muybridge is best known for expanding and experimenting with the camera’s ability to capture and freeze motion, as he developed a set of multiple cameras with synchronized shutters.
Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England, in 1830, Muybridge immigrated to the United States at age 25 and settled in San Francisco. He quickly became one of the leading landscape photographers of the west. In 1872, former California governor and railroad entrepreneur Leland Stanford commissioned him to photograph his horse Occident trotting at full speed, to determine whether all four of a horse's hooves left the ground at the same time. The resulting photographs were the first successful examples of stop-action photography that the world had ever seen.
In the summer of 1883, the University of Pennsylvania sponsored Muybridge to undertake the largest investigation yet of stop-action photographs, including women, men, children, horses, and a large variety of animals at the Philadelphia Zoo. Over the next three years, over 20,000 individual photographs were taken, resulting in the publication in 1887 of Human and Animal Locomotion, featuring 781 different collotype plates. Only 37 complete sets were produced, and additional plates were sold individually and by subscription.
With this work, Muybridge became a significant precursor to 20th Century art, including painting, photography, and motion pictures. Artists as diverse as Sol Lewitt, Edgar Degas, Francis Bacon, and Phillip Glass were all influenced by his work.
Major holdings of Muybridge collotypes are in the collections of prominent museums and libraries around the world. In the United States, these include the Library of Congress, Yale University, the Philadelphia Free Public Library, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and in New York – the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the New York Public Library. In Europe, major Muybridge collections can be found at the British Library, the Cinémathèque Française, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musées de Strasbourg, and the Kingston Museum in Muybridge’s home town.to
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Artist: Eadweard Muybridge
Animal Locomotion: Plate 162 (Man Leaping Forwards), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 162 (Man Leaping Forwards), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 297.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 297.
Lawn tennis; serving.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 564.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 564. Hauling; broken leg chain; dark-gray Belgian horse Dusel.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 9.5 x 12.25 inch...
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 647.
Jumping a hurdle; bareback; rider, 105, nude; gray mare Pandora
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 60.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 60.
Running at a half-mile gait (shoes).
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 9.375 x 12.625 inches)
Inventor, phot...
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 465.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 465.
Two models, child 70 N, bringing bouquet to 12.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 7.63 x 14.88 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 207.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 207.
"Stooping and lifting train."
14 x 20 inch original collotype print from 1887 (image size 7.38 X 15.38 inches...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 773 (Ostrich Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 773 (Ostrich Running), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Ed...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 158 (Man Performing a High Jump), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 158 (Man Performing a High Jump), 1887 - Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and dat...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 682 (Stag Running)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art' stamp
Collotype print
18 x 23 1/2 inc...
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Price Upon Request
Animal Locomotion: Plate 471 (Child Crawling)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art' stamp
Collotype print
18 x 23 1/2 inc...
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Price Upon Request
Animal Locomotion: Plate 475 (Child Climbing onto Chair)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art' stamp
Collotype print
18 x 23 1/2 inc...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 472 (Child Climbing Up Staircase)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art' stamp
Collotype print
18 x 23 1/2 inc...
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1880s Eadweard Muybridge Art
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Photogravure
Animal Locomotion: Plate 672 (Ox Walking)
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh 'Science and Art' stamp
Collotype print
18 x 23 1/2 inc...
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1880s Eadweard Muybridge Art
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Photogravure
Price Upon Request
Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: 671 (Ox Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's Letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date.
Stamped with Museum of Edinburgh's ...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 749 (Baboon Climbing), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date
Stamped with Museum of Ed...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 730 (Tiger Walking), 1887 - Eadweard Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum of Edi...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 92 (Nude Woman Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum...
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Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in London, GB
Animal Locomotion: Plate 89 (Nude Man Ascending Staircase), 1887 - Muybridge
Inscribed with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date, stamped with Museum o...
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