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Eadweard Muybridge
Kingston upon Thames, England, 1830-1904, Kingston upon Thames, England
Animal Locomotion, Plate 620: Horse Galloping, circa 1880
Albumen print
13 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches

Value: $1,650

Eadweard Muybridge worked at the vanguard of photography in the 1870s, pioneering technological advancements in exposure time and shutter speed to make almost instantaneous photographs. Today, Muybridge is best known for his compendium Animal Locomotion:
An Electro-photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. The revolutionary project began as a means to satisfy a bet: whether all four hooves of a galloping horse were ever off the ground at the same time. To achieve his photographic documentation he used 12 cameras, each hooked up to an electrical apparatus that would trip the shutters as the horse galloped past. Following the success of the experiment, Muybridge was commissioned to continue his research at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1884 to 1885 he produced over 100,000 photographs of human and animal motion.

The Asheville Art Museum has two photographic plates from Animal Locomotion, one of which is currently on view in the exhibition Shifting Perceptions. The University of Pennsylvania houses the Muybridge Collection. Plates from the portfolio are in several permanent collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University, the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Royal Academy of Arts, among others.