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Celeste Undressed

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Claudius, Peter
Date made: 1976
Materials: 360° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 51 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Three sheets of film adhered together with clear tape to form one continuous image (each sheet is a 120-degree hologram); film is placed in a special rotating structure. Viewer sees a nude woman in a kneeling/squatting position; as structure rotates, the woman's position rotates 360°; at first, she stares at viewer with her head craned slightly backward, her right hand on a breast, her right hand in her crotch; as structure rotates, she straightens her head and moves her right hand to her mouth, suggestively placing her fingers in her mouth; after her position changes so that her back is to the viewer, she arcs her body backwards and moves her hands to her breasts; rainbow-colored image.


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MOH-1993.47.220