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Untitled

Drawing
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cohen, Harold (artist)
Place of origin
USA (made)

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. This hand-coloured drawing on a computer printout reads as a contour map and illustrates his early interest in the new medium.


Object details

Category
Computer Art
Object type
Drawing
TitleUntitled (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand drawing in ink on impact print
Printing-Out Paper
Coloured Ink
Impact Printing
Free-Hand Drawing
Computer-Generated
Brief description
Drawing in ink on impact print, by Harold Cohen, 1969.
Physical description
Hand drawing in coloured inks on impact print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Length: 21.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Harold Cohen '69' (In pencil, in lower right side, artist's signature and date)
Gallery label
  • Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018) HAROLD COHEN (1928–2016) Untitled USA, 1969 Harold Cohen was an established painter in the 1960s, representing Britain at the 1966 Venice Biennale. In 1968 he became a visiting professor in California, where he wrote his first computer programs. This is one of his earliest computergenerated works, containing numbers distributed according to the program printed in the lower left corner. Cohen drew lines around the numbers by hand, creating an artwork that resembles a contour map. Computer-generated impact print, with hand drawing in ink Given by the artist Museum no. E.320-2009(07/07/2018-18/11/2018)
  • Harold Cohen born 1928 Untitled 1969 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. This hand-coloured drawing on a computer printout reads as a contour map and illustrates his early interest in the new medium. Drawing in ink on impact print Given by Harold Cohen Museum no. E.320-2009(07/12/2009 - 25/04/2010)
Credit line
Given by Harold Cohen
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. This hand-coloured drawing on a computer printout reads as a contour map and illustrates his early interest in the new medium.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.320-2009

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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