Basic Information

Title: Asymmetry (Maughanogram)
Artist(s): Maughan Sterling Mason
Date Created: 1968
Edition Info:
1 - from the complete set
2 - from the complete set
3 - from the set missing the colophon page and original box
4 - from the framed set
Framed Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.25 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 20 x 30 in.
Medium: lithograph on paper
Inventory ID: Mason-1968-01 / Serendipity-1968-03

Description

from the Cybernetic Serendipity portfolio containing a colophon page and seven lithographs all after original unique computer-generated plotter drawings in a custom made box

printed and published by Motif Editions, London in 1968

artist’s name, title, date, associated company/location, and publishing information printed along the lower left edge of the paper

artist was part of Thiokol Chemical Corporation, Utah
signature printed within the image
generated in 1966
hardware: analog computer
output machine: XY plotter using a reservoir pen

https://spalterdigital.com/artworks/cybernetic-serendipity-the-computer-and-the-arts-portfolio/

text from the Cybernetic Serendipity colophon page:
Mason visualizes the desired pattern and then he conceives a circuit arrangement which will produce the effect. He works with an analogue computer in association with an X/Y plotter. This drawing was produced in red ink with a reservoir pen. Mason’s images often resemble op art and many consist of moire patterns.

 

Detail images of the work

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