Spalter Digital Collection Library

Basic Info

Name: Spalter Digital Collection Library
Country of Origin: US

Description

The purpose of the Spalter Digital Collection Library is to catalogue the expansive variety of historical materials that relate to the work in the collection. The library includes rare artifacts, ephemera, books, articles, catalogues, publications, exhibition announcements, news paper clippings, magazines, etc.

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ZUSE Z64 Graphomat Advertisement

Created in Unknown Year by Spalter Digital Collection Library

printed in German: “Lochstreifen-bzw. lochkartengesteuerter Zeichenstisch in Transistortechnik” English translation: Punched tape or Punch card-controlled drawing table using transistor technology

FORTRAN Punch Cards

Created in Unknown Year by Spalter Digital Collection Library, Manfred Mohr

accompanied by a typed and hand signed letter from Manfred Mohr: “Included you will find some loose FORTRAN punched cards from a now disassembled program of mine, which I wrote in Paris in the early 1970’s”

A Selection of Winning Entries from the 1968 Computer Art Contest

Created in 1968 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, Kerry Strand, Larry Jenkins, Gary Craigmile, A.M. France

an ephemera folder containing two offset lithograph reproductions of original unique computer-generated plotter drawings from the 1968 Computer Art Contest Kerry Strand, Larry Jenkins & Gary Craigmile Plexus offset lithograph on paper image and paper: 16 x 12″ 1968 output machine: CalComp Plotter published by COMPRO, Cherry Hill, NJ text on the reverse of the […]

Symbolic Self-Portrait with “Equals”

Created in 1971 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, Claus Oldenburg

an offset lithograph created after an original drawing unsigned accompanied by a certificate of provenance original drawing date: 1969 lithograph date: 1971 edition size: 2,512 printer: supervised by Ricard Davison at Colorcraft Lithographers, New York publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles on the occasion of the group exhibition Art and Technology, May […]

Original Stereo 3D Film Negative of Two Plotter Drawings

Created in 1964 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, A. Michael Noll

accompanying envelope reads: “This is an original Stereo 3D Pain from 1964, IBM7094 computer and Stromberg-Carlson SC-4020 plotter” signed and dated on the envelope text within image reads: “Job AB15 A.M.Noll 13hrs 56min 53sec 06/01/64″

Original Film Negative of Plotter Drawing

Created in 1965 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, A. Michael Noll

accompanying envelope reads: “This is an original of a “Mondrian” from the IBM7094 computer and Stromberg-Carlson SC-4020 plotter from 1965″ signed and dated on the envelope text within image reads: “Job AB15 A.M.Noll 09hrs 42min 02sec 09/13/65”

Howard Wise Gallery, NYC Exhibition Announcements

Created in 1965 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, A. Michael Noll

four punch cards stapled together as an exhibition announcement for “Computer-Generated Pictures” curated by Bela Julesz and A. Michael Knoll at Howard Wise Gallery, NYC, April 6-24, 1965

Desmond Paul Henry Exhibition Ephemera

Created in 1962 by Spalter Digital Collection Library, Desmond Paul Henry

an exhibition announcement and exhibition checklist for Desmond Paul Henry’s first ever solo exhibition in 1962 yellow card exhibition announcement measures 3.5 x 6″ tri-fold exhibition checklist with images measures: 6.25 x 5.25″ folded / 16.75 x 5.25″ open

Collage of Codes (Drawing with Code at the DeCordova Program)

Created in 2011 by Spalter Digital Collection Library