Untitled
Drawing
1969 (made)
1969 (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. 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 | |
Object type | |
Title | Untitled (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Drawing in ink on impact print |
Brief description | Drawing in ink on impact print, by Harold Cohen, 1969. |
Physical description | Hand drawing in coloured inks on impact print. |
Dimensions |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Harold Cohen 1969' (In pencil, in lower right side, artist's signature and date) |
Gallery label | 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) |
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 | |
Accession number | E.319-2009 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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