Eadweard MuybridgeAnimal Locomotion: Plate 322 (Man Lifting Dumbbells), 1887
£3,500
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
Paper size: 18 x 23 1/2 inchesImage size: 6 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches
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
Paper size: 18 x 23 1/2 inchesImage size: 6 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches
Collotype printing has become increasingly rare, but in the late 19th century it was employed for its effectiveness in reproducing the subtle delicacy of drawings and photographs. A photographic negative is projected onto a printing plate coated with light-sensitive gelatin that hardens and becomes receptive to the application of ink. Paper is laid on top and the image is printed on a press.
Framing
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Artwork In Detail
Plate 322 from ‘Animal Locomotion’. This collotype print is inscribed with Muybridge’s letterpress credit, series title, plate number and date. Stamped on reverse with Museum of Edinburgh ‘Science and Art’ stamp.
Eadweard Muybridge
Animal Locomotion: Plate 322 (Man Lifting Dumbbells), 1887
EnquireEadweard Muybridge
United Kingdom
B. 1830-1904
EnquireMuybridge’s photographs fundamentally changed understandings of movement. He invented the first machine to project moving photographic images, the “zoopraxiscope”, which could be used to animate entire sequences of photographs, anticipating the rise of cinema. His work contributed enormously to the science of physiology and biomechanics.
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