Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period
Photograph
1964 (made), 1970s (printed)
1964 (made), 1970s (printed)
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This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll in 1964. The artist has stated that "The top sinusoid was expressed mathematically and then repeated again and again. The result closely approximates the op-art painting "Current" by Bridget Riley."
Object details
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| Title | Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photography |
| Brief description | Photographic print, 'Ninety parallel sinusoids with linearly increasing period', by A. Michael Noll, New Jersey, 1964 |
| Physical description | Ninety parallel sinusoids with linearly increasing period |
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| Gallery label | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
A. MICHAEL NOLL (born 1939)
Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period
USA, made 1964, printed 1970s
This work is inspired by Bridget Riley’s op-art painting Current, created in 1964. Noll realised that a computer could produce an approximation of Riley’s artwork, which consisted of a series of parallel curved lines. Noll programmed the computer to generate a single line that could be repeated many times.
Photographic print of a computer-generated image
Given by the artist
Museum no. E.34-2011(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) |
| Credit line | Gift of A. Michael Noll |
| Production | Noll used a Stromberg-Carlson 4020 microfilm plotter to produce a 35mm negative image, which was then used to create a photographic print. |
| Summary | This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll in 1964. The artist has stated that "The top sinusoid was expressed mathematically and then repeated again and again. The result closely approximates the op-art painting "Current" by Bridget Riley." |
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| Accession number | E.34-2011 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2011 |
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