Muybridge Collotype “Trotting, Sulky, Katydid” 1887- Lot 648, Auction 5/31/2019
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Muybridge Collotype “Trotting, Sulky, Katydid” 1887- Lot 648, Auction 5/31/2019

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Eadweard Muybridge (American born in England, 1830-1904), “Trotting, Sulky, Katydid” – plate 609 from “Animal Locomotion” series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1887. An endearing collotype of 24 freeze frame sequential photographs by Eadweard Muybridge, a legendary pioneer of motion photography best known for capturing animal and human movements deemed imperceptible to the human eye (see extended description below). This piece depicts the horse Katydid trotting, harnessed to sulky and driver before a row of 24 cameras placed precisely at a right angle to its path. To make these exposures, Muybridge used electromagnetic shutters that sequentially fired through a clock-driven electrical device. Size: image measures 7.5″ L x 14.375″ W (19 cm x 36.5 cm); 13.5″ L x 19.5″ W (34.3 cm x 49.5 cm) with margins; sheet measures 19″ L x 24″ W (48.3 cm x 61 cm)

Eadweard Muybridge is widely considered to be one of the most influential photographers in the study of motion. The English born Muybridge traveled to California around 1852. His early romantic views of the West gained him enough acclaim to be appointed the Director of Photographic Surveys for the United States government. Because the capturing of these grand western vistas required Muybridge to use huge glass collodion-treated plates, he was approached by ex-California governor Leland Stanford to photograph his beloved horse. The principal purpose was to settle a wager based on the positioning of a horse

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