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Celeste with Banana

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

When viewer stands to right of hologram, a woman is shown in profile from chest up, eyes closed, holding a semi-peeled banana close to her lips; as viewer moves to left, the woman turns toward viewer, opens her eyes, and suggestively stares at viewer, while erotically inserting the banana in her mouth; rainbow-colored image.


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MOH-1976.44