MUYBRIDGE EADWEARD (1830 - 1904) Lot n° 1

MUYBRIDGE EADWEARD (1830 - 1904) Animal Locomotion, Volume VIII, Abnormal Movements, Men and Women (Nude and Semi-Nude). Plate 553. 1887. Photogravure. 47.80x60.50 cm. Title, signature and year in lower print. On reverse stamp and descriptive cartouche Lucio Amelio, Naples. Animal locomotion : An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements, 1872-1885, was published by the University of Pennsylvania in 1887. The eleven-volume set consisted of 781 plates printed by the Photogravure Company of New York. Provenance: Lucio Amelio Collection, Naples; Private collection, Naples. Flaws. Frame present