YO YO WITH ENGLISH
Computer-Generated Drawing
1969 (made)
1969 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919–2009)
YO YO WITH ENGLISH
USA, 1969
Frederick Hammersley is best known for the colourful abstract paintings he created in California in the 1950s and ’60s. He moved to the University of New Mexico in 1968 and was introduced to ART1, the computer program made by Katherine Nash and Richard Williams. Hammersley went on to create a series of images using ART1, including YO YO WITH ENGLISH.
Computer-generated impact print
Loaned by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Museum no. LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.613-2013
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919–2009)
YO YO WITH ENGLISH
USA, 1969
Frederick Hammersley is best known for the colourful abstract paintings he created in California in the 1950s and ’60s. He moved to the University of New Mexico in 1968 and was introduced to ART1, the computer program made by Katherine Nash and Richard Williams. Hammersley went on to create a series of images using ART1, including YO YO WITH ENGLISH.
Computer-generated impact print
Loaned by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Museum no. LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.613-2013
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | YO YO WITH ENGLISH (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Computer-generated drawing printed on paper |
| Brief description | YO YO WITH ENGLISH, #11 1969, computer-generated drawing on paper, Frederick Hammersley |
| Physical description | computer-generated drawing |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | for future label captions please refer to guidelines set out by Foundation filed in RF2013/796 |
| Credit line | The gift of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation |
| Production | Part of a complete set of 72 computer drawings by Frederick Hammersley |
| Summary | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018) FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919–2009) YO YO WITH ENGLISH USA, 1969 Frederick Hammersley is best known for the colourful abstract paintings he created in California in the 1950s and ’60s. He moved to the University of New Mexico in 1968 and was introduced to ART1, the computer program made by Katherine Nash and Richard Williams. Hammersley went on to create a series of images using ART1, including YO YO WITH ENGLISH. Computer-generated impact print Loaned by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation Museum no. LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.613-2013 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.250-2020 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2014 |
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