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À la mémoire de J. M. Jacquard by Michel-Marie Carquillat, 1839

À la mémoire de J. M. Jacquard Textile

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 1 (album of harmonograph drawings) by Henry Procter, 1870 (ca)

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 1 (album of harmonograph drawings) Drawing

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (2) by Hy Hirsh, 1950 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photo (2) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Set by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Set Oscilloscope

Abstronic by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic Film

Oscillon #18 by Ben Francis Laposky, 1952

Oscillon #18 Oscilloscope

Oscillon #173 by Ben Francis Laposky, 1952

Oscillon #173 Oscilloscope

Encounter, vol. III, no. 4 by Christopher Strachey, 1954

Encounter, vol. III, no. 4 Book

Computergrafik 5 by Kurd Alsleben, 1960 (ca)

Computergrafik 5 Print

Music From Mathematics (Box Set) by Max Vernon Mathews, 1960-1961

Music From Mathematics (Box Set) Sound

Cibernetik 5.3 by John Stehura, 1960-1964

Cibernetik 5.3 Film

Untitled from Drawing Machine One by Desmond Paul Henry, 1961

Untitled from Drawing Machine One Machine Drawing

Double by Harold Cohen, 1963

Double Painting

Untitled from Drawing Machine Two by Desmond Paul Henry, 1963

Untitled from Drawing Machine Two Machine Drawing

Peace Through Understanding by Fujitsu Limited, 1964-1965

Peace Through Understanding Dot-Matrix

25/2/65 Nr. 14 by Frieder Nake, 1965

25/2/65 Nr. 14 Plotter

Nr. 6 by Frieder Nake, 1965

Nr. 6 Plotter

rot 19 - computer-grafik by Georg Nees, 1965

rot 19 - computer-grafik Book

Mona by the Numbers (Blueline Variant) by H.P. Peterson, 1965

Mona by the Numbers (Blueline Variant) Plotter

UV Light Choreogramme by Otto Beckmann, 1966

UV Light Choreogramme Oscilloscope

Flies by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1966

Flies Print

9 evenings: theatre and engineering by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1966

9 evenings: theatre and engineering Print

Hommage à Paul Klee by Frieder Nake, 1966

Hommage à Paul Klee Plotter

3:4 rV (computer generated sculpture) by Johan Severtson, 1966

3:4 rV (computer generated sculpture) Sculpture

Flies (plotter drawing) by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1967

Flies (plotter drawing) Plotter

Random War by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1967

Random War Print

Boeing Man: Human Figure, Extreme Reaching Pose (Drawings by Computer: Human-Figure Studies 1555046) by William Alan Fetter, 1967

Boeing Man: Human Figure, Extreme Reaching Pose (Drawings by Computer: Human-Figure Studies 1555046) Print

A House of Dust by Alison Knowles, 1967

A House of Dust Prose/Poetry

Studies in Perception I (Reclining Nude) by Ken Knowlton, 1967

Studies in Perception I (Reclining Nude) Print

Sole of Star by Lloyd Sumner, 1967

Sole of Star Plotter

Red-Blue Structure by Zdeněk Sýkora, 1967

Red-Blue Structure Print

Poem Field #7 by Stan VanDerBeek, 1967

Poem Field #7 Film

Elektronische Computergrafik by Otto Beckmann, 1968

Elektronische Computergrafik Oscilloscope

Collection of Random Windows by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Collection of Random Windows Print

March of Polygons by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

March of Polygons Print

Cube Kennedy No. 1 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Cube Kennedy No. 1 Print

Shot Kennedy No. 2 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Shot Kennedy No. 2 Print

Return to Square (color version) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Return to Square (color version) Print

Kennedy in the Net by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in the Net Print

Bearded Man by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1968

Bearded Man Plotter

Eye of the Beholder / Eye II by Suzanne L. Hanauer, 1968

Eye of the Beholder / Eye II Plotter

CTG works list and group history, written by hand by Masao Kohmura by Masao Kohmura, 1968

CTG works list and group history, written by hand by Masao Kohmura Ephemera

Picture Frame by Jef Raskin, 1968

Picture Frame Plotter

Schotter by Georg Nees, 1968/1970

Schotter Print

Untitled by Luis Fernando Benedit, 1969

Untitled Print

La transformación de una mariposa by Delesio Antonio Berni, 1969

La transformación de una mariposa Print

Arte y Cibernetica (Bonino Gallery Poster) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1969

Arte y Cibernetica (Bonino Gallery Poster) Ephemera

Bearded Man (generative series) by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1969

Bearded Man (generative series) Print

El Tango by Gregorio Dujovny, 1969

El Tango Print

Seated Nude (AP) by Ken Knowlton, 1969

Seated Nude (AP) Print

Untitled (plotter) by Gerhard von Graevenitz, 1969

Untitled (plotter) Plotter

CB 7-70 by Colette Stuebe Bangert, 1970

CB 7-70 Plotter

Beasts in a Field by Grace C. Hertlein, 1970

Beasts in a Field Plotter

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) by Georg Nees, 1970

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) Print

Untitled by Rogelio Polesello, 1970

Untitled Print

In Wildness by Lloyd Sumner, 1970

In Wildness Print

Untitled by Miguel Ángel Vidal, 1970

Untitled Print

Untitled DART1 Print (4) by Charles Mattox, 1970 (ca)

Untitled DART1 Print (4) Print

Drakula 6 by Herbert W. Franke, 1970-1971

Drakula 6 Plotter

Noise by Waldemar Cordeiro, 1971

Noise Plotter

Untitled by Thomas Albert DeFanti, 1971

Untitled Print

NASA-2 Electronic-Scene Generator Visual Frame Suite by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

NASA-2 Electronic-Scene Generator Visual Frame Suite Print

Screen Series #11 by John Pearson, 1971

Screen Series #11 Print

Untitled (numbers) by Harold Cohen, 1972

Untitled (numbers) Plotter

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) by Hiroshi Kawano, 1972

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) Print

Untitled (punch cards) by Monique Nahas, 1972

Untitled (punch cards) Painting

Families of Circles by Aron Warszawski, 1972

Families of Circles Print

Simulated Color Mosaic by Hiroshi Kawano, 1973

Simulated Color Mosaic Print

Untitled by Hiroshi Kawano, 1973

Untitled Print

Rotmo 2 by Tomislav Mikulic, 1973

Rotmo 2 Plotter

Archimedean Spiral by Norton Starr, 1973

Archimedean Spiral Print

Meditations 11 by Stan VanDerBeek, 1973

Meditations 11 Print

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés by Vera Molnár, 1974

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés Plotter

American Flag (prototype) by Aldo Giorgini, 1975

American Flag (prototype) Mixed Media

Inner City Variation III by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Inner City Variation III Print

RL Thermographic Portrait by Richard Lowenberg, 1975

RL Thermographic Portrait Print

954/25 by Robert Mallary, 1975

954/25 Plotter

P-180/D II by Manfred Mohr, 1975

P-180/D II Plotter

Untitled (digital painting) by Monique Nahas, 1975

Untitled (digital painting) Print

Untitled computer plotter drawing by Joan Truckenbrod, 1975

Untitled computer plotter drawing Plotter

Simulation of Transition (2) by Vilko Žiljak, 1975

Simulation of Transition (2) Print

Untitled (composition calculated on an IBM computer) by Lise Levitzky, 1975 (ca)

Untitled (composition calculated on an IBM computer) Painting

Scratch code (portfolio) by Manfred Mohr, 1976

Scratch code (portfolio) Print

Computer Graphics and Art (set of 13 issues) by Grace C. Hertlein, 1976-1980

Computer Graphics and Art (set of 13 issues) Ephemera

Etude pour Tiling at the Fourth by Jean-Pierre Hébert, 1977

Etude pour Tiling at the Fourth Plotter

Plotter output of topological 3D Mappings by Ruth Leavitt, 1977

Plotter output of topological 3D Mappings Plotter

Transjovian Pipeline by David Em, 1979

Transjovian Pipeline Print

Digital Visual Image Series I #10 by Darcy Gerbarg, 1980

Digital Visual Image Series I #10 Print

DES08X3 by Copper Frances Giloth, 1980

DES08X3 Plotter

Dot Matrix Portrait - Kiki Smith, Ellen Cooper, Cara Perlman by Unknown, 1980 (ca)

Dot Matrix Portrait - Kiki Smith, Ellen Cooper, Cara Perlman Dot-Matrix

Runway Dress by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1981

Runway Dress Textile

Androgyny (6 Women + 6 Men) by Nancy Burson, 1982

Androgyny (6 Women + 6 Men) Photograph

Skew H36 by Mark Wilson, 1983

Skew H36 Plotter

Color Veil (Head series) by Barbara Nessim, 1984

Color Veil (Head series) Print

BIG MOMA Poster (super-sized edition) by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1984

BIG MOMA Poster (super-sized edition) Print

AARON Tsukuba 6 by Harold Cohen, 1985

AARON Tsukuba 6 Plotter

Mar by Enrique Castro-Cid, 1986

Mar Mixed Media

Does It Make Sense by April Greiman, 1986

Does It Make Sense Print

Cow's Singularity by Enrique Castro-Cid, 1988

Cow's Singularity Mixed Media

Mona Leo by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988

Mona Leo Print

Pathway Series 5, AAB:D05:1988 by Roman Verostko, 1988

Pathway Series 5, AAB:D05:1988 Plotter

Self Portrait by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988 (ca)

Self Portrait Print

Untitled (Spiral) by William Latham, 1990 (ca)

Untitled (Spiral) Print

Untitled by Yoshiyuki Abe, 1991

Untitled Digital Print

Soviet Union Lives (RAM Flag Series) by Barbara Nessim, 1991

Soviet Union Lives (RAM Flag Series) Painting

Scarabs Gamma by Roman Verostko, 1991

Scarabs Gamma Plotter

92-16 by Tony Robbin, 1992

92-16 Plotter

Creature Crab (from Evolved Virtual Creatures) by Karl Sims, 1994/2026

Creature Crab (from Evolved Virtual Creatures) Print

Guernica (Carnivore Client) by Auriea Harvey, 2001

Guernica (Carnivore Client) net.art

Process Compendium 2004—2010 (A) by Casey Reas, 2004-2010

Process Compendium 2004—2010 (A) Print

Emily's Scribbles by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 2005

Emily's Scribbles Print

E16007 by Mark Wilson, 2010

E16007 Digital Print

Filament Sculptures by LIA, 2013

Filament Sculptures Sculpture

Headwind by Mario Klingemann, 2017/2021

Headwind NFT

Chromie Squiggle #2583 by Erick Calderon, 2020

Chromie Squiggle #2583 NFT

monogrid 76 by Kim Asendorf, 2021

monogrid 76 NFT

Bitchcoin #01.101 by Sarah Meyohas, 2021

Bitchcoin #01.101 NFT

Bitchcoin #05.075 pressed petal by Sarah Meyohas, 2021

Bitchcoin #05.075 pressed petal Mixed Media

Uninhabitable #3 by Iskra Velitchkova, 2021

Uninhabitable #3 NFT

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