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Dogon A.D.

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Jackson, Walter C.
Date made: 1987
Materials: reflection hologram; glass
Measurements: 24 in x 16 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms

Abstract image of a large yellow triangle (non-holographic) on a black background; a dark oblong black stripe with a rectangle in the middle runs down the center of the triangle; within this rectangular area, recessed in the background, is a hologram in which a yellow shape that is similar in shape to the black stripe and rectangle in the center of the hologram; the effect is that the shape was removed from the foreground triangle and placed in the background; the background shape has ridges that appear to sparkle when the viewer moves; image is on 2 glass plates placed flush against each other within a frame.


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MOH-1987.29