Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904 - Lot 30

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Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904 - Lot 30
Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904 )The Flight of the Seagull, c. 1882. print obtained with the revolver rifle giving twelve images in one second on the same sensitive plate. Print on albumen paper, mounted on cardboard. Legend in ink on the mount. 11.5 x 11.2 cmA matte citrate paper print, mounted on cardboard, of a rifle sight is attached . This study of the flight of the seagull was reproduced as a photogravure in Etienne Jules Marey's La méthode graphique dans les sciences expérimentales, en physiologie et en médecine, published in 1885, with the following caption: "Positive proof of a photographic rifle plate showing twelve images of a seagull flying. These twelve images were photographed in one second. For each image the exposure time was 1/720 of a second. Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) The Flight of the Seagull, c. 1882 , print obtained by means of the revolver rifle giving twelve images in one second on the same sensitive plate . Albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Caption in ink on the mount. 11.5 x 11.2 cmIncluded a matt citrate print of a rifle with a scope .
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