Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

26 c 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 / 8 x17 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 [40,000/60,000] [ a full list with images is available upon request ]