Oct 19, 2017 - Sale 2458
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Sale 2458 - Lot 26

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Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
EADWARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904)
A selection of 54 plates from Animal Locomotion. This remarkable collection from Muybridge's groundbreaking series includes nude men hammering an anvil, holding rifles, and crouching; women dancing, getting into a hammock, getting out of bed, and unloading a basket; and numerous animals, including horses being jumped and galloping, a pacing jaguar, a walking ostrich, and dogs tugging at a towel. Collotypes, the images a variety of sizes, but measuring approximately 6 5/8x17 3/8 inches (16.8x44.1 cm.), and smaller, the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), each with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date, on recto. 1887
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Including:
1) Plate 91 - Movements, Male, Ascending stairs
2) Plate 93 - Movements, Female, Ascending stairs
3) Plate 94 - Movements, Female, Ascending stairs looking around; basin in hands
4) Plate 184 - Movements, Female, nude, bending
5) Plate 193 - Movements, Female, Dancing (fancy)
6) Plate 195 - Movements, Female, Dancing waltz
7) Plate 213 - Movements, Female, Lifting and emptying basket
8) Plate 215 - Movements, Female and Child, Placing child (70) on the ground, child running off
9) Plate 219 - Movements, Female, Stooping and lifting broom and sweeping
10) Plate 220 - Movements, Female, Stooping and lifting handkerchief and turning
11) Plate 223 - Movements, Female, Stooping and lifting basin, wiping it, and turning
12) Plate 225 - Movements, Female, Removing water jar from shoulder to the ground
13) Plate 229 - Movements, Female, Placing basket on the ground and turning
14) Plate 230 - Movements, Female, Lifting 30-lb. basket from ground to head, turning
15) Plate 232 - Movements, Female, Stooping to lift train and turning
16) Plate 240 - Movements, Female, Sitting and flirting a fan
17) Plate 256 - Movements, Female, Lying on the ground and reading
18) Plate 257 - Movements, Male, Lying on the ground and reading
19) Plate 262 - Movements, Female, Getting out of hammock
20) Plate 265 - Movements, Female, Getting out of bed and preparing to kneel
21) Plate 269 - Movements, Female, Arising from the ground with newspaper in left hand
22) Plate 351 - Movements, Male, "Fix" and "unfix bayonets"
23) Plate 357 - Movements, Male, Lying prone and firing
24) Plate 359 - Movements, Male, Charging bayonet
25) Plate 375 - Movements, Male, Blacksmiths, two models, hammering on anvil
26) Plate 378 - Movements, Male, Blacksmith, hammering on anvil, two hands
27) Plate 388 - Movements, Male, Farmer, using spade
28) Plate 389 - Movements, Male, Farmer, scattering seed
29) Plate 463 - Movements, Female, Reaching up, stooping, and turning around
30) Plate 488 - Movements, Male, A, lawn tennis ; B, dumb-bells ; C, walking on hands; D, ascending stairs
31) Plate 490 - Movements, Male, A, sitting down; B, sitting down; C, sprinkling water; D, stooping for cup and drinking (Self-portrait)
32) Plate 515 - Movements, Female, Ascending and descending stairs, etc.
33) Plate 542 - Movements, Female, Multiple cerebro-spinal sclerosis walking
34) Plate 553 - Movements, Male, After traumatism of head; walking
35) Plate 600 - Animals and Movements, Horses, Trotting; bareback; dark-gray Belgian horse, Dusel
36) Plate 602 - Animals and Movements, Horses, Trotting; bareback; rider, 43, nude; light-gray horse, Smith
37) Plate 629 - Animals and Movements, Horses, Gallop; bareback; Belgian draught horse, Hansel
38) Plate 634 - Animals and Movements, Horses, Gallop; saddle; gray horse, Dan
39) Plate 644 - Animals and Movements, Horses, Jumping a hurdle ; saddle; clearing and landing; knocking over hurdle; rider 105 ; gray mare "Pandora"
40) Plate 681 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Virginia deer; (no antlers;) buck; walking, startled to a gallop
41) Plate 682 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Fallow deer; buck; A, trotting; B, galloping
42) Plate 683 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Virginia deer; (no antlers) buck; galloping
43) Plate 687 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Fallow deer; buck and group of does; galloping
44) Plate 688 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Fallow deer; buck and group of does; galloping
45) Plate 690 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Fallow deer; buck and group of does; various movements
46) Plate 695 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Elk; galloping; irregular
47) Plate 698 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Antelope; galloping
48) Plate 701 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Gnu; walking
49) Plate 715 - Animals and Movements, Domestic Animals, Dogs; three, tugging at a towel Ike, Maggie, etc.
50) Plate 731 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Jaguar; A, walking; B, turning around
51) Plate 741 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Bactrian camel, A, walking; B, racking
52) Plate 750 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Sloth; walking suspended on a horizontal pole
53) Plate 760 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Cockatoo; flying
54) Plate 772 - Animals and Movements, Wild Animals and Birds, Ostrich; walking