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Ballet

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Schmidt, David
Date made: circa 1976
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Rainbow-colored image of a man and woman in ballet costumes performing a ballet move; when viewer stands to left of hologram, the man is bent over, legs spread apart, holding the woman in an upside-down position by balancing her between his body and left arm, while the woman has her arms folded inward; both have their eyes closed and heads down; when viewer moves to right, both open their eyes and raise their heads, looking and smiling at viewer, while spreading their arms out and away from their bodies.


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MOH-1993.47.214