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POPULATION

Print
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A lithograph after a computer generated drawing, depicting a series of linear curves fashioned into closed loops and placed together to resemble insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePOPULATION (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph of a computer generated drawing produced using a bespoke computer program
Brief description
Lithograph from a computer-generated drawing, 'Population', 1970, by Lloyd Sumner.
Physical description
A lithograph after a computer generated drawing, depicting a series of linear curves fashioned into closed loops and placed together to resemble insects.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.9cm
  • Width: 50.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'POPULATION copyright Computer Creations 1970' (Computer text running along the lower edge of the print)
  • 'Lloyd Sumner' (A printed version of the artist's signature in the lower left corner)
Credit line
Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Sumner, Lloyd. Computer Art and Human Responses. Charlottesville, Virginia: Paul B. Victorius, 1968
Other number
CAS/A/0027 - Previous owner's number
Collection
Accession number
E.238-2008

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Record createdMarch 28, 2008
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