Eadweard Muybridge

31. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1887 A group of 15 collotypes, each with printed credit, title, plate number and copyright, on trimmed sheets, Each image approximately 20.6 x 35.2cm (8 1/8 x 13 3/4in) Plate numbers: 57, 71, 74, 97, 98, 117, 133, 143, 176, 213, 225, 248, 402, 408 and 471.

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Horse and Rider, from 'Attitudes of Animals in Motion...', 1881 albumen print copyright credit stamp (on the mount) image/sheet (overall): 5½ x 9in. (14 x 22.8cm.) mount: 10 1/8 x 13in. (25.7 x 33cm.) This print is a plate from Muybridge's first publication in the field of sequential movement, Attitudes of Animals in Motion: A Series of Photographs Illustrating the Consecutive Positions Assumed by Animals in Performing Various Movements. The photographs resulted from a scientific experiment Muybridge undertook for Leland Stanford, to prove that a horse moving at full speed has all four hooves off the ground. To capture the images, the photographer lined up a battery of 12-24 cameras with fast-acting lenses and placed thin threads across the path of the horse so that the shutters were set off as it passed. It has been suggested that Muybridge compiled only five copies of the book from images he printed himself.

LOT 150 EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE 1830-1904 'ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, PLATE 532' collotype, comprising 24 Sequential Images of a Hand Drawing a Circle, numbered sequentially in the images, on a two-toned leaf, with letterpress title, plate number '532,' copyright, and date and a 'Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art Library' stamp in the margin, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1887 7½ by 15¼ in. (19.1 by 38.7 cm.)

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (English, 1830-1904) ANIMAL LOCOMOTION collotype after his helliography; plate 101, copyright 1887; image: 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches Other Notes: In 1887, Muybridge published a massive portfolio, with 781 plates comprising 20,000 of his motion study photographs, in a groundbreaking collection titled Animal Locomotion: an Electro-Photographic Investigation of Connective Phases of Animal Movements.[35] Muybridge's work contributed substantially to developments in the science of biomechanics and the mechanics of athletics . Some of his books are still published today, and are used as references by artists, animators, and students of animal and human movement. Estimate $800-1,200

44. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Animal Locomotion, An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements A collection of 50 collotypes, all with printed credit, title, plate number and copyright on full sheet, and one printed title page, full sheet size - 47.5 x 60.3cm (18 3/4 x 23 3/4in); average plate size - 34.4 x 49.2cm (13 5/8 x 19 3/8in) Plate titles and numbers are as follows: 3.Walking 26.Walking, carrying 75-lb. stone on left shoulder 29.Walking, carrying bucket of water in each hand 59.Starting for a run (shoes) 66. Running 88.Ascending stairs 125.Descending stairs 153. Jumping; running; straight high jump (shoes) 158.Jumping; running; twist high jump (shoes) 161.Jumping; standing high jump 163.Jumping; standing broad jump (shoes) 167.Jumping over boy's back (leap-frog) 279.Baseball; batting 284.Baseball; catching and throwing 288.Baseball error 290.Cricket; over arm bowling 291.Cricket; batting; drive 301.Foot-ball; punt 313.Heaving 20-lb. rock 327.Rowing 337.Boxing; open hand (shoes) 347.Wrestling; Graeco-Roman 355.On guard, walking and turning around 363.Running somersault 388.Farmer, using a spade 567.Hauling; dark-gray Belgian horse Billy 580.Walking; saddle; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G. 592.Racking (pacing); saddle; brown horse Pronto 630.Gallop; saddle; gray mare Pandora 646.Jumping a hurdle; saddle; rider; 105; nude; gray mare Pandora 649.A: Hornet rocking; B: Eagle rolling barrel, etc. 668.Ass; ambling; irregular; saddle; a boy riding zoo 675.Sow; trotting 679.Goat; galloping 685.Fallow deer; buck and doe; trotting 686.Fallow deer; buck and doe; galloping 695.Elk; galloping 705.Dog; trotting; mastiff Dread 709.Dog; galloping; white racing hound Maggie 717.Cat; trotting; change to galloping 721.Lion; walking 727.Liones, walking; lion, lying down 738.Bactrian camel; racking 740.Bactrian camel; (young) galloping 745.Raccoon; walking; turning around 749.Baboon; climbing a pole 750.Sloth; walking suspended on a horizontal pole 751.Kangaroo; walking, on all-fours, change to jumping 755.Pigeon; flying 773.Ostrich; running