Eadweard Muybridge Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eadweard Muybridge Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 27, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), PLATE 498, FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), British PLATE 498, FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887 collotype titled and dated sheet 19 x 24 in — 48.3 x 61 cm Estimate: $800—1,200 CAD
Waddington's
Mar. 27, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), PLATE 491 (SELF-PORTRAIT, USING TOOLS, HAMMER, AXE & SAW), FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), British PLATE 491 (SELF-PORTRAIT, USING TOOLS, HAMMER, AXE & SAW), FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887 collotype titled and dated sheet 19 x 24 in — 48.3 x 61 cm Estimate: $800—1,200 CAD
Waddington's
Mar. 27, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), PLATE 72, FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), British PLATE 72, FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887 collotype titled and dated sheet 17.3 x 22.7 in — 44 x 57.7 cm Estimate: $800—1,200 CAD
Waddington's
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Walking Bareback
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 581. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Trotting: Plate 603
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate no. 603. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Trotting Rider no. 43
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 602. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Trotting
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, Eadweard Muybridge, 1887, plate 599. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Woman and Child
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 72. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, plate 593, 1887 Dimensions: sheet is 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Lion Walking
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 721. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Jumping a Hurdle
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 636 Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Bareback Rider
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, plate 647 Dimensions: the sheet is 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Hauling Billy
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 568. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 16, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), Collotype, Getting On and Off Table
Est: $600 - $800
From Animal Locomotion, 1887, Eadweard Muybridge, plate 513. Dimensions: 19" x 24" Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop, Wayne PA
Locati LLC
Mar. 15, 2025
Eadweard Muybridge "Opening a Parasol and Turning Around" Collotype (1887)
Est: $400 - $600
Eadweard Muybridge (English, 1830-1904) Opening a parasol and turning around, 1887 Collotype 7 1/2" x 15 3/4" (image) Plate 461 from Animal Locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements. The glazed walnut frame measures 23 3/4" x 29 1/4".
Circle Auction
Mar. 08, 2025
Animal Locomotion – Plate 587 by Eadweard Muybridge – Copyright 1887
Est: $200 - $300
Eadweard Muybridge (English 1830-1904) Animal Locomotion – Plate 587, Copyright 1887, full margins under the mat Sight 9 in. x 13 in. Overall: 22 in. x 28 in. Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. At age 20, he emigrated to America as a bookseller, first to New York, and then to San Francisco. Planning a return trip to Europe in 1860, he suffered serious head injuries in a stagecoach crash in Texas. He spent the next few years recuperating in England, where he took up professional photography, learning the wet-plate collodion process, and secured at least two British patents for his inventions. He went back to San Francisco in 1867, and in 1868 his large photographs of Yosemite Valley made him world-famous. In 1874 Muybridge shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife’s lover, but was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide. He traveled for more than a year in Central America on a photographic expedition in 1875. Today, Muybridge is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in 1877 and 1878, which used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop-motion photographs, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible perforated film strip used in cinematography. In the 1880s, he entered a very productive period at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, producing over 100,000 images of animals and humans in motion, capturing what the human eye could not distinguish as separate movements. Muybridge spent much of his later years giving public lectures and demonstrations of his photography and early motion picture sequences, traveling back to England and Europe to publicize his work. He also edited and published compilations of his work, which greatly influenced visual artists and the developing fields of scientific and industrial photography. He returned to his native England permanently in 1894, and in 1904, the Kingston Museum, containing a collection of his equipment, was opened in his hometown.
Rafael Osona Auctions
Feb. 20, 2025
MUYBRIDGE 1887 PLATE 143- ANIMAL LOCOMOTION SERIES
Est: $800 - $1,600
Eadweard Muybridge (British / American, 1830-1904). "Animal Locomotion" Plate 143 - descending stairs, turning, cup and saucer in right hand - circa 1887, collotype on paper, title, plate No. copyright date and author to LC. Framed. Provenance: From a New York City estate. Approximate dimensions: sheet h. 18.75", w. 23.75"; frame h. 18.75", w. 24", d. 1".
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Dec. 05, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904): Cap of Liberty, Valley of the Yosemite
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Albumen print, unsigned. 16 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. (image), 24 x 29 1/2 in. (sheet), unframed.
STAIR
Dec. 04, 2024
Muybridge, Eadweard: Animal Locomotion. An Electrophotographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements
Est: €9,000 - €10,000
Animal Locomotion. An Electrophotographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. 1872-1885. Bound volume with a total of 21 collotypes on plates. Each circa 46 x 60 cm. Each with printed caption, number and Muybridge's copyright on plate. Title page with dedication by Muybridge to "Sir Fredk Leighton Baron P.R.A. with the homage of the author June 1889" and later dedication by Lord Leighton "To Linley Sambourne from an old friend. July 22, 1896" in pencil. Bound in half morocco, cloth-covered album (corners rubbed, some scratches) gilt morocco cover label "Animal Locomotion. By Eadweard Muybridge. 1872-1885. Plates. University of Pennsylvania". University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1887. Grolier, Truthful Lens, 123. Parr/Badger, The Photobook I, 52. This album features an important collection of Eadweard Muybridge’s groundbreaking “instantaneous photography,” a self-developed technique that enabled high-precision stop-motion images using an early rapid-acting shutter. Initially focusing on horses, Muybridge expanded his repertoire to include athletes, birds, lions, and camels, famously capturing the first image of a galloping horse with all four hooves off the ground in 1872. By 1885, he had amassed over 20,000 photographic negatives, comprising 781 sequential photo plates taken from multiple cameras positioned at carefully planned locations and angles, each illustrating a subject in continuous motion. Muybridge’s handwritten dedication on the title page to Frederic Leighton, one of Victorian England’s celebrated artists, underscores the influence of his movement studies on contemporary artists such as Thomas Eakins, Frederic Remington, Ernest Meissonier, Edgar Degas, and the French inventor Étienne-Jules Marey. Notably, Leighton passed away in 1896, the same year he gifted this particular copy to his “old friend,” the renowned Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne. The complete eleven-part work Animal Locomotion contains 781 numbered plates. The accompanying Author’s Edition, offered here, featured a removable subscription leaf that allowed subscribers to choose their preferred plates, resulting in varied content across different sets. This copy includes plates 3, 133, 152, 174, 187, 214, 279, 289, 347, 408, 465, 471, 565, 616, 626, 647, 659, 710, 721, 739, and 755. The exceptionally fine collotypes were printed by the Photo-Gravure Company in New York. – Edges of plates time-stained and with some moisture staining, images not affected, images very finely printed and in very good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
Nov. 11, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE 'HORSE IN MOTION' COLLOTYPE
Est: $300 - $600
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) 'Horse in Motion' vintage collotype on paper. Measures 11 x 8 inches.
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Oct. 31, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates representing horses from Animal Locomotion. 1887.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates representing horses from Animal Locomotion. 1887. Collotypes, the images measuring 6⅞x16⅞ to 8⅛x14⅛ inches (17.5x42.9 to 20.6x35.9 cm.), the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date on recto. "Eagle" trotting, free pl. 596 * Trotting, sulky, bay horse, Reuben, pl. 605 * "Katydid" trotting, harnessed to sulky, pl. 611 * "Annie G." cantering, saddled, pl. 621
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 31, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion. 1887.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion. 1887. Collotypes, the images measuring 7⅛x16 to 9½x12¼ inches (18.1x40.6 to 24.1x31.1 cm.), the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date on recto. Stooping and Lifting Basin, Wiping it, and Turning, plate 223 * Stooping to lift train and turning, plate 232 * Lying on the ground and reading, plate 256 * Arising from the ground with a newspaper in left hand, plate 269
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 31, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 1877.
Est: $5,000 - $7,500
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 1877. A folding multi-part panorama consisting of 11 albumen prints, nine panels measuring approximately 7⅜x8 inches (18.7x20.3 cm.), and two 7⅜x6 inches (18.7x15.2 cm.), overall 7⅜x84 inches (18.7x213.4 cm.), on the original cloth-backed mount, the 6th panel with Muybridge's printed credit, the publisher's imprint, title, copyright, and date, on mount recto. Bound accordion style in gold-stamped cloth boards, with the gilt-lettered credit and title, worn. San Francisco: Morse's Gallery, 1877
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 25, 2024
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), photographer. Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 1877. 11-panel albumen photograph panorama.
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904), photographer. Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. 1877. 11-panel albumen photograph panorama. San Francisco: Muybridge, Morse's Gallery, 1877. 11-panel albumen photograph panorama. Most images measure approx. 8 x 7 1/4 in., total length approx. 85 in., Mounted to linen-backed cardstock. Original brown cloth portfolio, gilt titles to front board. Imprint to lower margin. MUYBRIDGE'S 360-DEGREE PANORAMIC VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO. Often referred to as the "Patrician's View" of San Francisco. Muybridge captured the stunning views of the city from the observation turret in the unfinished mansion of Central Pacific Railroad tycoon, Mark Hopkins. He along with the other extravagantly wealthy men behind the CPRR, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Potter Huntington, had built mansions near one another on California Street Hill (later Nob Hill). New York Historical Society curator Wendy Ikemoto observes: “Hopkins and Crocker both had panoramic observation towers built into their mansions, and Stanford had panoramic windows built. So, the panorama is in some ways the vision of a commercial king—a vision of monopoly, power, and control. And yet, Muybridge presents the opposite: The city is empty and desolate, and everything seems still. There are all these strange little interruptions to the sense of omnipotence that you would normally associate with a panorama.” Howes M-926; Mitchell, Kerrie. "San Francisco is a Ghost Town: The Story Behind Eadweard Muybridge’s Spooky Panorama"; Solnit, River of Shadows. Please note that conservation work has been done, and that conservation document is enclosed. This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Freeman’s | Hindman
Oct. 10, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), MAN RUNNING, PLATE 62 FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), British MAN RUNNING, PLATE 62 FROM ANIMAL LOCOMOTION, 1887 titled to gallery label verso Estimate: $800—1,200 CAD
Waddington's
Sep. 28, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE 'HORSE IN MOTION' PRINT
Est: $300 - $400
Eadweard Muybridghe 'Horse in Motion' illustration. Sheet measures 11 1/4" x 8 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
Sep. 18, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotion (Mason Laying a Brick), 1887
Est: $300 - $500
Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1830 - 1904) Animal Locomotion (Mason Laying a Brick), 1887 collotype, plate 381 printed below image: ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PLATE 381. / Copyright, 1887, by EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE. All rights reserved.
Santa Fe Art Auction
Aug. 01, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge "Yosemite" Poster Framed
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Eadweard Muybridge "Yosemite" Photographic Exhibition Poster, 1981. Framed- 34.5x22.5"
District Auction
Jul. 10, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 703; Plate 779 (from the Animal Locomotion series)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge Plate 703; Plate 779 (from the Animal Locomotion series) 1887 vintage collotype image: 8 h x 15 w in (20 x 38 cm) image: 9.625 h x 11.75 w in (24 x 30 cm) sheet (each): 19 h x 24 w in (48 x 61 cm) Printed signature, title and date to lower margin of each work 'Animal Locomotion Copyright, 1887, by Eadweard Muybridge'. Provenance: Collection of Susan and G. Ray Hawkins, Beverly Hills This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jul. 10, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 609 (from the Animal Locomotion series)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge Plate 609 (from the Animal Locomotion series) 1887 vintage collotype 17.5 h x 23.5 w in (44 x 60 cm) Printed signature, title and date to lower margin 'Animal Locomotion, Plate 609 Copyright 1887, by Eadweard Muybridge'. Provenance: Collection of Susan and G. Ray Hawkins, Beverly Hills This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jul. 10, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 388; Plate 518 (from the Animal Locomotion series)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge Plate 388; Plate 518 (from the Animal Locomotion series) 1887 vintage collotype 17.5 h x 23.5 w in (44 x 60 cm) Printed signature, title and date to lower margin of each work 'Animal Locomotion Copyright 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge'. Provenance: Collection of Susan and G. Ray Hawkins, Beverly Hills This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jun. 18, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) - Lying, phone and firing, plate 357, Animal Locomotion, 1887
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Collotype, printed later cm 48,3 x 61,4 (cm 17,8 x 42 picture) | 19 x 24.2 in. (7 x 16.5 in. picture) Title, dated and photographer's credit printed on the white inferior recto margin Framed EXHIBITIONS C. Sala (cured by), Sguardi sul Tempo. Percorsi sulla fotografia d'autore, Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, 2013 LITERATURE Hans Christian Adams (edited by), Eadweard Muybridge. The Human And Animal Locomotion Photographs, Taschen, Koln, 2014, p. 426 Sguardi sul Tempo. Percorsi sulla fotografia d'autore, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Solighetto (TV), pp. 18-19
Finarte
Jun. 06, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) A PAIR OF PLATES FROM MUYBRIDGE'S 'ANIMAL LOCOMOTION', 1887. Collotypes (2) on two-toned pages, depicting a male throwing a spear, and a pair of women walking side-by-side, image sizes 235 x 320mm and 225 x 345mm, sheet sizes 460 x 600mm, each with Muybridge's letterpress credit, alongside series title, plate number, copyright, and date recto. Plate Number 12. Walking, 1887 Plate Number 361. Throwing a Spear, 1887 The Collection of Sir Elton John Christie's New York, Photographs from the Collection of Sir Elton John, 14 October 2004, Lot 15 Private Collection, UK
Chiswick Auctions
Jun. 06, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)
Est: £400 - £600
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) PLATE 617 FROM MUYBRIDGE'S 'ANIMAL LOCOMOTION', 1887. Collotype on two-toned page, a nude male on horesback, image size 225 x 335, sheet size 460 x 600mm, each with Muybridge's letterpress credit, alongside series title, plate number, copyright, and date recto. Plate Number 617, 1887 The Collection of Sir Elton John Christie's New York, Photographs from the Collection of Sir Elton John, 14 October 2004, Lot 15 Private Collection, UK
Chiswick Auctions
May. 16, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion. Collotypes, the images measuring 7x16½ to 10x12 inches (17.8x41.9 to 25.4x30.5 cm.), the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date on recto. 1887 Lying on the ground, pl. 257 * Fix and unfix bayonets, pl. 351 * Lying prone and firing, pl. 357 * Charging Bayonet, pl. 359
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 12, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge "Horse in Motion" Pin
Est: $200 - $400
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was an English-born photographer who is renowned for his groundbreaking work in the field of photography and motion studies. He is best known for his pioneering experiments with motion photography, which had a profound impact on the understanding of human and animal movement.Key points about Eadweard Muybridge:1. **Early Life and Career**: Muybridge was born as Edward Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames, England. He later adopted the name Eadweard Muybridge. He moved to the United States in the 1850s and became a successful landscape photographer.2. **Motion Photography**: Muybridge's most significant contribution to the world of photography was his work in motion studies. He conducted a series of experiments using multiple cameras to capture sequential photographs of human and animal movement. His experiments were commissioned by Leland Stanford, the former governor of California and a racehorse owner, who wanted to settle a debate about whether all four of a horse's hooves were off the ground simultaneously when it galloped.3. **Zoopraxiscope**: Muybridge's motion studies laid the foundation for the development of motion pictures. He created a device called the "zoopraxiscope," which projected his sequential photographs in rapid succession, creating the illusion of movement. This was an early precursor to the modern film projector.4. **Animal Locomotion**: Muybridge's extensive photographic studies of motion were published in a book titled "Animal Locomotion" (1887). This book contained thousands of photographs of various subjects, including humans, animals, and birds, captured in motion.5. **Scientific Impact**: Muybridge's work had a significant impact on the fields of science, art, and anatomy. His photographic studies of motion provided valuable information on animal and human locomotion, which was used in fields such as biology and biomechanics.6. **Artistic Collaboration**: Muybridge's work influenced artists like Eadweard's work influenced many artists, including the French Impressionist Edgar Degas, who incorporated elements of motion and photography into their work.7. **Legacy**: Eadweard Muybridge's contributions to the early development of motion pictures and his pioneering work in capturing motion in photography laid the foundation for the future of cinema and animation. His experiments and studies are considered a crucial step in the history of visual media.Muybridge's work in motion photography and his efforts to capture the nuances of movement had a profound and lasting impact on the fields of photography and film. His contributions continue to be celebrated for their influence on the development of motion pictures and our understanding of motion in the natural world. Measures 1.5 x 1. Enamel.
Morgan Auctions
May. 11, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE HORSE IN MOTUON PRINT
Est: $60 - $80
Illustration by Eadweard Muybridge titled 'Illustrations of the Paces Running' from 'The Horse in Motion by J.D.B Stillman. Sheet measures 11 1/4" x 8 1/2".
Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery
May. 05, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE "THE DOMES" ALBUMEN PRINT
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Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) "The Domes" (Yosemite) Albumen Print. Inscribed on mounting lower left "Muybridge", lower right "San Francisco", titled in pencil on lower center "The Domes". Eadweard Muybridge was born in England in 1830. He came to the United States in 1852 where he worked as a publisher and a book-dealer. He became a noted photographer in the 19th century American West, he photographed Yosemite, San Francisco, the newly acquired Alaskan Territory, subjects involved in the Modoc War, and lighthouses on the West Coast. He also made his early "moving" picture studies in California. One of his most successful expeditions was to Yosemite Valley. As a photographer, he focused on rock and water to showcase he two essential elements of Yosemite’s unique geology. Artist: Eadweard Muybridge Title: "The Domes" Medium: Albumen Print Site Measurement: 17" x 21.5" Image Keywords: Southwestern, Western Artwork, Art; Ref: BD1923
Bradford's
May. 05, 2024
Untitled
Est: €450 - €500
Eadweard Muybridge, Untitled (First Ballet Action), 1887 - 1981, photogravure on special paper, 30x40 cm, limited edition of one thousand copies printed in hèliogravure on special paper specially designed for Electa Portfolios. Collotype photography: a process of typographic reproduction that uses flat matrices consisting of a plate (gen. glass), on which a layer of glue or gelatine is spread. The plate is impressed in light and developed in water. Work conceived in 1887 but realised by Electa in 1981
Arte Investimenti
May. 05, 2024
Untitled
Est: €450 - €500
Eadweard Muybridge, Untitled, 1887 - 1981, photogravure on special paper, 30x40 cm, limited edition of one thousand copies printed in hèliogravure on special paper specially designed for Electa Portfolios. Collotype photography: a process of typographic reproduction that uses flat matrices consisting of a plate (gen. glass), on which a layer of glue or gelatine is spread. The plate is impressed in light and developed in water. Work conceived in 1887 but realised by Electa in 1981
Arte Investimenti
May. 01, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotion, Plate 567
Est: $300 - $500
Eadweard Muybridge British/American, 1830-1904 Animal Locomotion, Plate 567 (Trotting Carriage Horse) collotype on two-toned wove paper with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright and date in lower recto margin. Mounted, matted and framed under glass.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Apr. 25, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1830-1904) Leaping Horse and Rider (Plate 643 from Animal Locomotion), 1887
Est: $600 - $800
Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1830-1904) Leaping Horse and Rider (Plate 643 from Animal Locomotion), 1887 collotype print letterpress copyright credit reproduction limitation in the margin 5 3/4 x 18 inches.
Hindman
Mar. 08, 2024
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate 708 (from the Animal Locomotion series)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Eadweard Muybridge Plate 708 (from the Animal Locomotion series) 1887 vintage collotype 19 h x 24.125 w in (48 x 61 cm) Printed signature, title and date to lower margin 'Animal Locomotion, Plate 708 Copyright, 1887 Eadweard Muybridge'. Provenance: Collection of Susan and G. Ray Hawkins, Beverly Hills This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Feb. 22, 2024
Muybridge Animal Locomotion capybara
Est: $600 - $900
Heading: Author: Muybridge, Eadweard Title: Animal Locomotion - plate 746 Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Date Published: 1887 Description: Collotype. 24.5x29.5 cm (9¾x11½"); sheet: 48.5x61 cm (19x24").Plate 746 shows a capybara walking.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Feb. 22, 2024
Plate 507 from Muybridge Animal Locomotion
Est: $600 - $900
Heading: Author: Muybridge, Eadweard Title: Animal Locomotion - plate 507 Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Date Published: 1887 Description: Collotype. Image: 24.5x30.3 cm (9¾x12"); sheet: 48.5x61 cm (19x24").Collotype from Muybridge's famous series of stop-action sequential photography, capturing the movements of men, women, children, horses, birds, lions, etc. Plate 507 shows a man working with an axe.Edweard Muybridge, 1830-1904, began his long career in photography in California, creating famous views of Yosemite and other scenic wonders. In 1872, Leland Stanford (one of the original "Big Four" and the president of the Central Pacific Railroad) commissioned Muybridge to employ his photographic expertise to help Stanford win a bet: establish that when galloping, a horse had all four legs off the ground at one time. Muybridge devised his sequential stop-action photography using a series of cameras the shutters of which were triggered by trip-wires as the horse ran by. Stanford won the bet, and Muybridge developed a new outlet for his photographic genius. Some twelve years later, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, Muybridge began his major work in the field, his "Animal Locomotion," consisting in its entirety 781 plates reproducing some 20,000 negatives.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Feb. 15, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Pi-Wi-Ack, Valley of the Yosemite, Shower of Stars, Vernal Fall, 400 feet tall.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Pi-Wi-Ack, Valley of the Yosemite, Shower of Stars, Vernal Fall, 400 feet tall. Mammoth albumen print, the image measuring 16⅝x21⅛ inches (42.2x53.7 cm.), flush mounted, with the partial title and notation "No. 28" in ink on mount verso. 1872 Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl Muybridge first photographed in the Yosemite Valley in 1867, when he produced over 250 views in whole-plate and stereoscopic formats. Before embarking on a second expedition in the summer of 1872, he advertised for subscribers to contribute towards the cost of the new series. Subscribers, one of whom was the eminent landscape artist A. Bierstadt, could choose forty images from the series for 100 dollars. Muybridge produced over 500 negatives between June and November 1872 in various formats. The list, produced in April 1873 by his new publishers, Bradley & Rulofson, announced fifty views 17x21 inches from his mammoth 20x24 inch negatives. These impressive views immediately attracted national and international acclaim and Muybridge was awarded the Vilenna Medal in 1874. Despite this attention it seems that far fewer prints survived than those of his competitor Carleton E. Watkins. During the 1870s the photographers Henry W. Bradley (1813-1891) and William H. Rulofson (1826-1878), who together operated a San Francisco photography studio, published a series of Eadweard Muybridge's views of Yosemite. Their inventory number for this image was 28.
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Feb. 15, 2024
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Temple Peak, Yosemite.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) Temple Peak, Yosemite. Mammoth albumen print, the image measuring 16⅞x21¼ inches (42.9x54 cm.), flush mounted, with the title and notation "No. 49" in ink on mount verso. 1872 Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
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EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE (1830-1904) A selection of 4 plates from Animal Locomotion. Collotypes, the images measuring 6x18 to 8¼x14¼ inches (15.2x45.7 to 21x36.2 cm.), the two-toned sheets 19x24 inches (48.3x61 cm.), with Muybridge's letterpress credit, series title, plate number, copyright, and date on recto. 1887 Female, walking, pl. 16 * Two boys running, pl. 69 * Spastic walking, pl. 541 * Hydrocephalus, walking, pl. 561
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