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`Phoenix' Test Sheets

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Newman, Paul
Date made: 1986
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 12 in x 12 in x 1/4 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms

Clear piece of film sandwiched between 2 unframed, clear pieces of glass; the only holographic elements on the film are a few lines in the corners of the film, which represent the outline of the chest of a phoenix (mythical bird); the lines are translucent and produce rainbow-colored diffraction gratings when illuminated with light; one of 12 pieces of film/glass plates that show the entire body of a phoenix.


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MOH-1986.28.02