Vertical-horizontal number three
Photograph
1962-1963 (made), 1970s (printed)
1962-1963 (made), 1970s (printed)
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This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Noll has explained that "The position of the end points of the lines was chosen at random with a uniform probability density. One of the coordinates was then changed alternately to create horizontal and vertical lines."
Object details
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| Title | Vertical-horizontal number three (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photography |
| Brief description | Photographic print, 'Vertical-Horizontal Number Three', by A. Michael Noll, New Jersey, ca.1962 |
| Physical description | Photograph of a continuous and overlapping black line forming rectangles and squares on a white background. |
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| Gallery label | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
A. MICHAEL NOLL (born 1939)
Vertical-Horizontal Number Three
USA, made 1962–63, printed 1970s
At the suggestion of Bell Labs, Noll attempted to copyright some of his images a few years after he first produced them. The US copyright office initially refused his request, stating that random works could not be copyrighted. After Noll explained that the randomness was calculated by the program, his application was granted.
Photographic print of a computer-generated image
Given by the artist
Museum no. E.36-2011(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) |
| Credit line | Gift of A. Michael Noll © AMN 1965 |
| Summary | This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Noll has explained that "The position of the end points of the lines was chosen at random with a uniform probability density. One of the coordinates was then changed alternately to create horizontal and vertical lines." |
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| Accession number | E.36-2011 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2011 |
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