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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: 15 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 1/4 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1986.28.11
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Newman, Paul
Date made: 1986
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 15 3/4 in x 11 3/4 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 element is a short translucent line in the lower right corner of the film; this line represents the outline of part of the left wing of a phoenix (mythical bird); the line is translucent and produces rainbow-colored diffraction gratings when illuminated with light; one of 12 pieces of film/glass plates that show the entire body of a phoenix.
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1986.28.11