Basic Information
Title: Hypertransformations
Artist(s):
Vera Molnar
Date Created: 1975
Unframed Dimensions: 21.75 x 14 in.
Medium: Benson plotter drawing on paper
Inventory ID: Molnar-1975-03
Description
a single piece comprised of seven consecutively attached sheets each with unique images and number codes printed on the side of the sheet
- 75.058 15.06.04
- 75.058 15.07.36
- 75.058 15.07.40
- 75.058 15.07.43
- 75.058 15.07.46
- 75.058 15.07.48
- 75.058 15.07.51 (singed and dated on the back of this sheet)
The numbers are a date code: The first set of numbers stands for the year and day that the piece was made. The second set of numbers is the time stamp that each individual plotter drawing was completed. This code tells us that this piece was printed between 3:06.04 – 3:07.51pm on Thursday, February 27th, 1975.
computer used to program the image: IBM 360 using a CRT Screen 2250
machine used to draw the image: Benson Plotter
individual sheet size: 14 x 21.75″
overall piece size” 14 x 152.25″
Detail images of the work
signed and numbered 3/4 lower right in graphite AD.VM.AV.IA, on the other side of the polyhedron (1514-2023) Collaboration between Vera Molnár and aurèce vettier Text and curation by Vincent Baby Based on a detail -the representation of a polyhedron- from Albrecht Dürer’s engraving Melencholia (1514), Vera Molnár and aurèce vettier have imagined an installation assisted […]
an artist book collaboration with Vera Molnar and Martin Grasser. signed, dated, and dedicated “to Michael and Anne” on the inside cover printed, published, and copyrighted by Sotheby’s justification text from the inside cover of the book: “Themes and Variations by Vera Molnar encompasses a collection of 500 unique generative artworks. Within these works Molnar […]
no visible signature inscription in French printed in plotter ink: “Madame Janine Mayer, Nous sommes honores de saisir l’occasion de cette journee du 31 mai, 1985 por vous adresser cette oeuvre concue et executee par ordinateur. en Sorbonne, F. Molnar et le C.R.E.I.A.V.” inscription translated to English: “Mrs. Janine Mayer, We are honored to seize […]
signed lower right in orange plotter ink signed on the reverse in graphite “A Jeanine Festival Des Arts Electroniques 1988 Rennes 1988, Juin.” printed lower right in black and orange ink