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Cover for `Holographic Art, Perception, Evolution, Future'

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Date made: 1987
Materials: embossed mylar foil (white light transmission); foil
Measurements: 8 1/2 in x 23 1/2 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: art objects

Removable light gray dusk jacket to the book `Holographic Art, Perception, Evolution, Future,' by Brigitte Burgmer; Burgmer created a series of 100 handmade jackets; consists of abstract crayon drawings, with irregularly cut pieces of embossed, rainbow-colored, holographic foil adhered among the drawings; back cover indicates this is edition 36 of 100; book is a 95-page, English translation of a work by the same artist, translated from Spanish into English by others; book is signed by artist; published in Spain by Daniel Weiss, Publisher; book is a discussion of holographic art.


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MOH-1993.47.164