Plate Number 550. Locomotor ataxia, walking. A: Arms down. B: Arms up. (from “Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements”)

LeWitt admired Muybridge’s studies of motion and was greatly influenced by both the imagery and the techniques Muybridge used. This particular example of Muybridge’s was framed by LeWitt in a frame of his own making and was given as a gift to a colleague/friend.