01-27-201701-28-2017
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January 27, 2017 12:00 PMCalender
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Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1830-1904) Two Plates from Animal Locomotion : Plate 286 (Man Throwing a Baseball)

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2977BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 27, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Eadweard Muybridge (British, 1830-1904)

Two Plates from Animal Locomotion: Plate 286 (Man Throwing a Baseball) and Plate 307 (Man Throwing a Discus), 1887. Identified within the plates. Collotypes on paper, sheet size 19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 61.0 cm),unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Minor discoloration and scattered minor losses at sheet edges, plate 286 with a tear in sheet u.c.

Provenance: Property from the collection of Harvey Shipley Miller, proceeds to benefit the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Plate 286: Tear in margin u.c.; minor loss at u.l. corner and scattered minor losses along bottom edge. Plate 307: Minor tears in margins c.l. and u.c.; crack in corner u.r.; discoloration around edges; minor soiling on verso. No additional issues to report.


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Harvey Shipley Miller