Photograph
ca. 1960-1980 (made)
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This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist. The text at the left hand side is a quotation from the German mathematician Carl Freidrich Gauss and reads: "Der Mangel an mathematischer Bildung gibt sich durch nichts so auffallend zu erkennen wie durch maßlose Schärfe im Zahlenrechnen".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph on silver paper, copy of a plotter drawing in the V&A's collection, by unknown artist, ca. 1960-1980. |
| Physical description | Photograph on silver paper, copy of a plotter drawing in the V&A's collection (E.146-2008), mounted on board. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London |
| Summary | This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist. The text at the left hand side is a quotation from the German mathematician Carl Freidrich Gauss and reads: "Der Mangel an mathematischer Bildung gibt sich durch nichts so auffallend zu erkennen wie durch maßlose Schärfe im Zahlenrechnen". |
| Associated object | E.146-2008 (Copy) |
| Other number | CAS/A/0119 - Previous owner's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.163-2008 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2009 |
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