Woman Picking Up a Ball and Throwing It, from the book Animal Locomotion

Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Picking Up a Ball and Throwing It, from the book Animal Locomotion, ca. 1887, collotype, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul and Laurette Laessle, 1981.82.11

Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Picking Up a Ball and Throwing It, from the book Animal Locomotion, ca. 1887, collotype, sheet: 8 ¹⁄₂ x 14 ¹⁄₈ in. (21.6 x 35.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul and Laurette Laessle, 1981.82.11

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Title: Woman Picking Up a Ball and Throwing It, from the book Animal Locomotion
Artist: Eadweard Muybridge
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 8 ¹⁄₂ x 14 ¹⁄₈ in. (21.6 x 35.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Paul and Laurette Laessle
Mediums Description: collotype
Classifications: Photography
Photoprint
Subjects: Literature — Muybridge — Animal Locomotion
Recreation — sport and play — ball
Figure female
Object Number: 1981.82.11
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1981.82.11

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