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Untitled [hologram with wood sculpture]

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Weinstock, Steve
Date made: date unknown
Materials: white light transmission hologram; film; wood
Measurements: 61 1/2 in x 17 in x 10 1/2 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms

Abstract hologram that sits within the top part of a large wooden sculpture, roughly the shape of an old-fashioned coin-operated scale; base of wooden sculpture is made of 5 layers of thick wood; top part of structure is made of made small pieces of wood and acts as a frame for the hologram, which appers to be sandwiched between 2 thick pieces of plexiglas; hologram shows abstract swirling patterns appearing at different levels within the hologram; background is a rainbow-colored field that changes colors when viewer moves.


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MOH-1993.47.273