Living Pictures Cinematograph: Clown

Germany, c. 1920

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

A flipbook / flick book of twenty-six pages designed in such a way that when flicked it creates a sense of movement, in this example, a clown tips his hat. Small outer corners lost from front cover.

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

23 June 2023

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

Production places
Germany
Production dates
c. 1920

Appears in

Group of items

Living Pictures Cinematogaph: Clown

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO185901

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C02

Measurements

40 x 57 x 7mm

Object Types

3D Object

Optical Toy

Materials

paper, ink, staple

Collected

1 times

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