P-156 A Cubic Limit I

Basic Information

Title: P-156 A Cubic Limit I
Artist(s): Manfred Mohr
Date Created: 1974
Framed Dimensions: 23.75 x 23.75 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 19.5 x 19.5 in.
Medium:
Inventory ID: Mohr-1974-01

Description

signed and dated lower center

artist name and title printed bottom edge lower left

This algorithm uses the 12 edges of the cube as an alphabet. The number of lines slowly decreases towards the outside of the circle in a statistical procedure, while the cube slowly rotates.

 

Detail images of the work

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