Drawing
1987 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Cohen trained as a painter and represented Britain at the 1966 Venice Biennale. In 1968 he became a visiting professor at the University of California at San Diego, where he was introduced to computer programming. In 1971 Cohen took up a post as visiting scholar in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University. While at the Artificial Intelligence Lab, he began developing a computer program called Aaron, in which he sought to codify the act of drawing. In its early years Aaron could only produce monochrome line drawings. By the late 1980s Cohen's Aaron program was using a repertoire of real-world shapes to produce detailed line drawings such as this one. The image includes a number of human figures in outline, plus Cohen's highly distinctive plant foliage.
Object details
Categories | |
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Computer-generated drawing |
Brief description | Drawing, computer-generated (with drawing on the reverse), by Harold Cohen, 1987. |
Physical description | Computer-generated drawing on paper, with unfinished drawing on the reverse. |
Dimensions |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Harold Cohen 1987' (Artist's signature and date in pencil in lower right side.) |
Gallery label | Harold Cohen born 1928
Untitled
1987
By the late 1980s Cohen's Aaron program was using a repertoire of real-world shapes to produce detailed line drawings such as this one. The image includes a number of human figures in outline, plus Cohen's highly distinctive plant foliage. [39]
Computer-generated drawing
Given by Harold Cohen
Museum no. E.337:1-2009(07/12/2009 - 25/04/2010) |
Credit line | Given by Harold Cohen |
Subjects depicted | |
Summary | Cohen trained as a painter and represented Britain at the 1966 Venice Biennale. In 1968 he became a visiting professor at the University of California at San Diego, where he was introduced to computer programming. In 1971 Cohen took up a post as visiting scholar in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University. While at the Artificial Intelligence Lab, he began developing a computer program called Aaron, in which he sought to codify the act of drawing. In its early years Aaron could only produce monochrome line drawings. By the late 1980s Cohen's Aaron program was using a repertoire of real-world shapes to produce detailed line drawings such as this one. The image includes a number of human figures in outline, plus Cohen's highly distinctive plant foliage. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.337:1-2009 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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