Friday, September 16, 1977

Portrait Gallery of Famous New Yorkers

Venue: Museum of Holography

Location: 11 Mercer St, New York, NY, USA.

Date: September 16 - December 31, 1977.

Catalog: No.

Type: All integral holograms.

This was the first showing of an ongoing commission of portraits of people who "made New York famous." The pieces were 120 and 360 degree integral holograms. The first portrait was Mayor Abraham Beame, who coined the exhibition title, "The New York Holo-fame." The show reopened at the Museum on July 24, 1981.

The Portrait Gallery included Joseph Papp (NY Shakespeare Festival), William Buckley, Bella Abzug, Big Bird of Sesame Street, Tom Brokaw, NYC Mayor Beame, Pete Hamill, Andy Warhol, Mitchel Rosenthal of Phoenix House, The New York City Ballet, Arthur Barnes (NY Urban Coalition), Cousin Brucie Morrow (disc jockey), Kitty Carlisle Hart, Arthur Ashe (Tennis Champion), and John Marion (Sotherby Parke Bernet).

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Tuesday, September 6, 1977

Through the Looking Glass

Venue: The Hudson Bay Company.

Location: Toronto, Canada.

Date: September 6 - 17, 1977.

Catalog: No

Type: All holograms.

Museum of Holography traveling show based on the Museum's inaugural exhibition of the same name. The exhibition traveled to art, science and children's museums throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and Israel from 1977 to 1987.

The exhibition was produced and circulated by Paul D. Barefoot, Holophile. Inc.

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