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Rechts

Drawing
1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist, and was created using a computer and a pen plotter. A plotter is a mechanical device that is linked to a computer and guides a pen or brush across the drawing surface. Alternatively, some plotters use a static pen, but move the paper underneath. A computer program written by the artist, sometimes in collaboration with a computer programmer, would act as a set of instructions that would drive the pen across the drawing surface and dictate its route. Pen plotters were one of the few output devices available in the early stages of computer technology, but they are still used by some artists today.

The significance of the wording 'LEVEN 1972', in the lower left corner, is not entitely clear. It could refer to the artist or computer programmer, or perhaps to the program used to create the plotter drawing.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRechts (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Plotter drawing on computer paper
Brief description
Plotter drawing in black ink on computer paper with sprockets, by unknown artist, 1972.
Physical description
Plotter drawing in black ink on computer paper with sprockets, depicting a series of overlapping L-shaped forms of differing dimensions and a circle in the lower left side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • Width: 43.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LEVEN 1972: RECHTS' (Computer text, in lower left side. It is not clear whether 'LEVEN' refers to the artist or to the computer program used to create the drawing.)
Credit line
Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London
Summary
This plotter drawing is by an unknown artist, and was created using a computer and a pen plotter. A plotter is a mechanical device that is linked to a computer and guides a pen or brush across the drawing surface. Alternatively, some plotters use a static pen, but move the paper underneath. A computer program written by the artist, sometimes in collaboration with a computer programmer, would act as a set of instructions that would drive the pen across the drawing surface and dictate its route. Pen plotters were one of the few output devices available in the early stages of computer technology, but they are still used by some artists today.

The significance of the wording 'LEVEN 1972', in the lower left corner, is not entitely clear. It could refer to the artist or computer programmer, or perhaps to the program used to create the plotter drawing.
Other number
CAS/A/0175 - Previous owner's number
Collection
Accession number
E.152-2008

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Record createdApril 9, 2009
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