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Plate Number 89. Ascending stairs

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

The image is a sequence of photographs capturing a man moving down a set of steps. The man is shown in various stages of stepping down in side profile and from the back. He has a shaved head with hair on the sides and a mustache visible in the side profile shots. The man's physique is lean and muscular. In each photograph, he is unclothed, and there are no visible accessories or objects in his hands. The background consists of a grid pattern in the side profile images, while the back view images display a more abstract pattern with lighter tones and some blurred elements.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
3909 × 1990 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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