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Self-Portrait

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Claudius, Peter; Multiplex Moving Holograms
Date made: 1978
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms

When viewer stands to right of hologram, a rainbow-colored self-portrait (bust shot) image of the creator, with mustache and long hair, is shown, in slight profile, so that viewer sees the man's right side; as viewer moves to left, man slowly turns, so that viewer sees his face straight on; by end, viewer sees his left side in slight profile; image appears in a 5-inch vertical band that appears in the center portion of the holographic film.


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MOH-1978.50