MAREY, Étienne-Jules (1830-1904) and Maxime GUÉRIN-CATELAIN (fl. late-19th century)
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5000GBP £ 5 000
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ID 1349737
Lot 148 | MAREY, Étienne-Jules (1830-1904) and Maxime GUÉRIN-CATELAIN (fl. late-19th century)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
Four original photographs of a jumping military horse.
gelatin silver prints
16.3 x 23cm; 16.3 x 23cm; 16.2 x 23cm; and 16.3 x 23cm.
Photographed c.1895-1898
A fine set of four photographs of ‘sauts du cheval’: an important contribution to the history of animal motion, bionics, physiology, and cinematography. Created using Marey’s self-invented ‘chronophotographic gun’ (1882), the images depict a military horse named Odette leaping with its rider over a short fence, against which is set a chronometer. Unlike the images in the well-known works of Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), which were taken with a series of 12 or 24 different cameras, Marey’s chronophotographic gun was capable of capturing 12 images per second with a single device. It was in this sense a direct ancestor of the modern movie camera. A set of 3 similar photographs are held at the Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts.
| Artist: | Étienne-Jules Marey (1830 - 1904) Jacques Maxime Guérin-Catelain (1897 - 1965) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Artist: | Étienne-Jules Marey (1830 - 1904) Jacques Maxime Guérin-Catelain (1897 - 1965) |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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