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Celeste Undressed

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Claudius, Peter; Multiplex Moving Holograms
Date made: 1978
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

When viewer stands to right of hologram, a nude woman is shown in slight profile in a kneeling/squatting position, eyes closed, with one hand under chin, other hand on lower stomach; as viewer moves to left, the woman arches backward while moving her hands up and down her body, while breaking into a big smile; at the same time, the woman's position rotates so that at the end, the viewer sees the woman from behind; rainbow-colored image.


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MOH-1978.33.01