Eadweard Muybridge: Animal Locomotion

Photographic studies of people and animals in motion by Eadweard Muybridge became essential, early reference works for those seeking to understand how bodies move. Five of his works are being offered on Thursday at Swann Auction Galleries in New York. Four are studies of locomotion and one, unexpectedly, is a landscape.

Eadweard Muybridge,Horse and Rider Motion Study, 1881

Eadweard Muybridge, Horse and Rider Motion Study, 1881

Eadweard Muybridge, Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite, (The Great Chief), 'El Capitan,' Reflected in the Merced, 1872

Eadweard Muybridge, Nude Man Swinging Sledge Hammer, Plate 396 from Animal Locomotion, 1887

Eadweard Muybridge, Nude Woman Spinning with Diaphonous Cloth, Plate 416 from Animal Locomotion, 1887

Swann Auction Galleries, February 19, 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 5 http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2374+++++++5+&refno=++700123

Swann Auction Galleries, February 19, 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 6 http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2374+++++++6+&refno=++700122

Swann Auction Galleries, February 19, 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 7 http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2374+++++++7+&refno=++700160

Swann Auction Galleries, February 19, 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 8 http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2374+++++++8+&refno=++698888

Swann Auction Galleries, February 19, 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 9 http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=2374+++++++9+&refno=++698892

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