Stephen Hawking portrait

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Artist/Maker	Moojedi, Kamran (artist)
Place of origin	California (made)

This lithograph consists of over a hundred individual drawings to create this portrait of Stephen Hawking. A myriad of straight lines in different lengths and densities is set upon a background of hundreds of multi-digit numbers, all arranged one after the other in lines filling the whole print. Inscriptions: Copyright, artist's name, edition. In the bottom right corner is a fingerprint.

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Categories	Computer Art Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Stephen Hawking portrait (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph on paper Ink Paper Lithograph
Brief description	Lithograph, Stephen Hawking Portrait, by Kamran Moojedi, California, USA, 2001
Physical description	This lithograph consists of over a hundred individual drawings to create this portrait of Stephen Hawking. A myriad of straight lines in different lengths and densities is set upon a background of hundreds of multi-digit numbers, all arranged one after the other in lines filling the whole print. Inscriptions: Copyright, artist's name, edition. In the bottom right corner is a fingerprint.
Dimensions	Height: 76cm Width: 60cm
Copy number	1 of 7
Marks and inscriptions	'© 2001 Kamran Moojedi / 1/7' (Inscribed at bottom right.) A fingerprint of the artist. ('Stamped' at bottom right.)
Credit line	Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
Subjects depicted	Portrait Hawking, Stephen
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.954-2008

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Record created	June 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O242184/stephen-hawking-portrait-print-moojedi-kamran/

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