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Animal Locomotion: Plate 750 (Sloth)

  • $40.00

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SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

British-born Eadweard Muybridge, who emigrated to the United States in the 1850s, is one of the most influential photographers of all time. He pushed the limits of the camera's possibilities, creating world-famous images of animals and humans in motion. His influence has forever changed our understanding and interpretation of the world, and can be found in many diverse fields, from Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude Descending a Staircase and countless works by Francis Bacon, to the blockbuster film The Matrix and Philip Glass's opera The Photographer. —from Muybridge at Tate Britain

If you’re not savvy to the sloth, get with it. These shaggy, mammalian treetop denizens are the ultimate chillers, spending most of their time motionless, hanging out upside down in the greenery. They are the laid-back, low-key cool kids of the rainforest, and we love them (though, as an important reminder, Kristen Bell loves them more). Groundbreaking 19th century photog Eadweard Muybridge must have also been a fan, because he included them in the art-meets-science animal locomotion series for which he’s most widely known. It was a particularly interesting decision given that unlike every other animal Muybridge photographed, the sloth makes maybe two full motions across all 12 plates. The arboreal critter in Animal Locomotion: Plate 750 (Sloth) may not be winning any marathons, but he/she’s won our hearts ... Read more on the blog!

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Museo Portfolio Rag

Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 20
14"x11" | edition of 250
20"x16" | edition of 50