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Plate Number 197. Man and woman dancing a waltz

Eadweard Muybridge

National Gallery of Art

This is a series of twenty-four black-and-white photographs showing two people in formal attire engaged in a dance. One of the people is wearing a light-colored dress and the other is wearing a dark suit. The sequence of photographs is arranged in four rows of six photos, and combined they seem to capture the progression of the couple’s movements as they move together. The people are shown in different positions in each frame. The background is plain gray, with their shadows moving across it.

Artwork Details

Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Dimensions
2858 × 3058 px
Public Domain
Yes
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