Shades of Hades
Print
1972-1974
1972-1974
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This is one of a set of four lithographs produced by Aaron Marcus who was one of the first trained graphic designers to work with computer graphics. The lithographs were created from a larger series of computer-generated images that were produced using the Fortran programming language, in 1972. The original images would have been displayed on a computer -controlled phototypesetting machine, then converted into photographic prints and transformed into lithographs.
Aaron Marcus has described them as 'Poem Drawings'. He has also explained that the computer graphic images are shown on a dark background "to suggest the night, stars, light etc. - in short, 'constellations' of symbols."
The Museum also holds a set of eleven "photoprints" by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the lithographs.
Aaron Marcus has described them as 'Poem Drawings'. He has also explained that the computer graphic images are shown on a dark background "to suggest the night, stars, light etc. - in short, 'constellations' of symbols."
The Museum also holds a set of eleven "photoprints" by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the lithographs.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Shades of Hades (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | offset colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Print by Aaron Marcus |
| Physical description | Colour offset lithograph derived from a computer-generated image, with lines of the letter 'H' in yellow on a bright red background. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 19/50 |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed with title and number 19/50) |
| Summary | This is one of a set of four lithographs produced by Aaron Marcus who was one of the first trained graphic designers to work with computer graphics. The lithographs were created from a larger series of computer-generated images that were produced using the Fortran programming language, in 1972. The original images would have been displayed on a computer -controlled phototypesetting machine, then converted into photographic prints and transformed into lithographs. Aaron Marcus has described them as 'Poem Drawings'. He has also explained that the computer graphic images are shown on a dark background "to suggest the night, stars, light etc. - in short, 'constellations' of symbols." The Museum also holds a set of eleven "photoprints" by Aaron Marcus, and these include images that are similar to those used in some of the lithographs. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marcus, Aaron. In: Leavitt, R. ed. Artist and computer. New York: Harmony Books, 1976. p.13-17. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.659-1976 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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