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This is one of a set of eleven "photoprints" produced by Aaron Marcus who was one of the first trained graphic designers to work with computer graphics. The prints were created from computer generated images made on a PDP-10 computer using the Fortran and APL programming languages. The original images would have been displayed on a computer - controlled phototypesetting machine, then converted into photographic prints, with some then transformed into lithographs.
The Museum also holds a set of four lithographs by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the "photoprints".
The Museum also holds a set of four lithographs by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the "photoprints".
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | photoprint |
| Brief description | Print by Aaron Marcus |
| Physical description | "Photoprint" from a computer-generated image, with a pattern of repeated white symbols on a dark blue background |
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| Summary | This is one of a set of eleven "photoprints" produced by Aaron Marcus who was one of the first trained graphic designers to work with computer graphics. The prints were created from computer generated images made on a PDP-10 computer using the Fortran and APL programming languages. The original images would have been displayed on a computer - controlled phototypesetting machine, then converted into photographic prints, with some then transformed into lithographs. The Museum also holds a set of four lithographs by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the "photoprints". |
| Bibliographic reference | Marcus, Aaron. In: Leavitt, R. ed. Artist and computer. New York: Harmony Books, 1976. p.13-17. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.666-1976 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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