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Drawing - Untitled

Untitled

  • Object:

    Drawing

  • Place of origin:

    USA, USA (made)

  • Date:

    1969 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Cohen, Harold, born 1928 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Drawing in ink on impact print

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Harold Cohen

  • Museum number:

    E.319-2009

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case EXP

  • Image in copyright

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.

Physical description

Hand drawing in coloured inks on impact print.

Place of Origin

USA, USA (made)

Date

1969 (made)

Artist/maker

Cohen, Harold, born 1928 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Drawing in ink on impact print

Marks and inscriptions

'Harold Cohen 1969'

Dimensions

Height: 56.0 cm, Width: 66.3 cm

Descriptive line

Drawing in ink on impact print, by Harold Cohen, 1969.

Exhibition History

Digital Pioneers (Victoria and Albert Museum, Galleries 88a and 90 07/12/2009-25/04/2010)

Labels and date

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.319-2009 [07/12/2009 - 25/04/2010]

Materials

Paper (fiber product); Coloured ink

Techniques

Free-hand drawing; Computer-generated; Impact printing

Categories

Computer Art

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O499616
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