CREATOR Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904, artist. TITLE The zoopraxiscope* – Athletes – Boxing (No. 2, title from item.) SUMMARY Images on a disc which when spun gives the illusion of two men boxing. MEDIUM 1 print : lithograph, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED c1893 (14666Y U.S. Copyright Office). Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge (expired). SUBJECTS Boxing--1890-1900; Locomotion--1890-1900; Optical illusions--1890-1900. FORMAT Optical toys 1890-1900; Lithographs Color 1890-1900.
Exhibited at "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.
Call number: LOT 10440 [item] [P&P], Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05949 (digital file from original print), LC-USZC4-7692 (color film copy transparency);
Digital ID: ppmsca 05948 (digital file from original), cph 3g07692 (digital file from color film copy transparency); Card #: 00650867. No known restrictions on publication.
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Modifications for Wikipedia
Taken from full-size tiff file
Cropped, centered, skewed, color corrected, cleaned up
Original cut from background and disc rotated
13 copies rotated at multiples of 27.69 degrees
Animated gif versions: removal method return to background, frame delay 15/100 seconds, total runtime 1.95 seconds
Mirror simulation version: two black frames set to overlay and merged onto image layer, flipped horizontally
Original disc version: converted to jpg, 8/10, progressive 5 scans
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