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Emptying a Bucket of Water by Eadweard Muybridge

Emptying a Bucket of Water

Eadweard Muybridge · 1887

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DETAILS
Artist
Eadweard Muybridge
Date
1887
Medium
collotype
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Photography
Culture
America
Credit line
Gift of Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, in honor of Evan H. Turner
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Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge, a pioneering English photographer, revolutionized our understanding of motion with his groundbreaking chronophotography and early motion-picture projections.

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