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.(Biography provided by Laurence Miller Gallery)
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Artist: Eadweard Muybridge
Dealer: Laurence Miller Gallery
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 615.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 615.
Canter; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 9 x 12.75 inches
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 597.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 597.
Trotting; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse Hansel
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 5/8 x 13 inches
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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 592.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 592.
Racking (pacing); saddle; brown horse Pronto
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7.25 x 16.5 inches
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 582.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Walking; saddle; rider, 43, nude; light-gray horse Smith
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 646.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 646.
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; 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 631.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 631.
Gallop; saddle; thoroughbred bay horse Bouquet
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 x 16 inches
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 620.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 620.
Canter; saddle; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 3/8 x 16 inches
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Ascending stairs and jumping off.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 14.125 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 715.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 715. Dogs; three, tugging at a towel, Ike, Maggie, etc.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 6.5 x 17.25 inches.
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 35.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 35. Walking, carrying child on right arm.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 8.25 x 13.5 inches.
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 319.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 319. Heaving 75-lb. rock.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 5.25 x 15.125 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 56.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 56. Walking, turning and stooping to lift train.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 17 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 733.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 733.
Elephant; walking.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8.125 x 14.875 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 211.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 211.
Stooping and lifting handkerchief; parasol in left hand.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 7.75 x 13.75 inch...
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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)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 140.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 140.
Descending stairs, looking around and waving fan.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 11.75 x 9.75 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 365.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 365.
Head spring, a flying pigeon interfering.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8 x 14.25 inches)
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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 44.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 44.
Man taking off hat.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 10.5 x 9.75 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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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 481.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 461.
"Child, lifting a doll, turning, and walking off."
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 644.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 644.
Jumping a hurdle; saddle; clearing and landing; knocking over hurdle; rider, 105, gray mare Pandora.
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
"Walking and turning around rapidly, a satchel in one hand, cane in the other."
14 x 20 inch original collot...
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 700.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 700. Buffalo; galloping.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 246.
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Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion.
Plate 246. Placing chair, sitting and flirting a fan.
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
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Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 173.
Ascending stairs and jumping off.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.875 x 14.125 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 59.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 59.
Starting for a run (shoes).
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8.375 x 13.75 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 331.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 331.
Boxing; stop for cross-buttocks (shoes).
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8 x 14.5 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 718.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 718.
Cat; trotting; change to galloping.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 6.63 x 17.5 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 616.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 616.
Canter; saddle; bay horse Daisy.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8.75 x 13 inches)
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
"Walking and turning around rapidly, a satchel in one hand, cane in the other."
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Animal Locomotion. Plate 349. Fencers.
By Eadweard Muybridge
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Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 349. Fencers.
20 x 24 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
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Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Animal Locomotion. Plate 49.
"Walking & turning around rapidly, a satchel in one hand, cane in the other."
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