Explore the History of Computer Art

The Ragnar Digital Collection is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of computer and digital art.

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

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (photograph #1) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Sketch #2 by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Sketch #2 Oscilloscope

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

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) Oscilloscope

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) Oscilloscope

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

Abstronic Set Oscilloscope

Abstronic by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic Film

Abstronic Production Material by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic Production Material Print

Four-Panel Oscilloscope Photo by Mary Ellen Bute, 1958-1959 (ca)

Four-Panel Oscilloscope Photo Oscilloscope

A House of Dust by Alison Knowles, 1967

A House of Dust Prose/Poetry

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

Eye of the Beholder / Eye II Plotter

Seated Nude (AP) by Ken Knowlton, 1969

Seated Nude (AP) Print

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

Untitled (punch cards) by Monique Nahas, 1972

Untitled (punch cards) Painting

Structures Comprising Superposed Rectangles by Sylvia Roubaud, 1972

Structures Comprising Superposed Rectangles Print

Connections of Points by Arc Sequences by Sylvia Roubaud, 1972

Connections of Points by Arc Sequences Print

Explosion of Ordered Structures by Gerold Weiss, 1972

Explosion of Ordered Structures Print

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés by Vera Molnár, 1974

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés Plotter

Body Print of Mary by Sonia Landy Sheridan, 1974

Body Print of Mary Textile

Inner City Variation III by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Inner City Variation III Print

Diamond 2D design by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Diamond 2D design Plotter

Untitled (blue) by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Untitled (blue) Print

Untitled (red) by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Untitled (red) Print

Inner City Variation II by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Inner City Variation II Print

Untitled (digital painting) by Monique Nahas, 1975

Untitled (digital painting) Print

Untitled computer plotter drawing by Joan Truckenbrod, 1975

Untitled computer plotter drawing Plotter

Untitled by Margot Lovejoy, 1975 (ca)

Untitled Print

Artist and Computer by Ruth Leavitt, 1976

Artist and Computer Book

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

Computer Graphics and Art (set of 13 issues) Ephemera

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

Plotter output of topological 3D Mappings Plotter

Harmonices Mundi by Laurie Spiegel, 1977/2003

Harmonices Mundi Sound

Computer Printed Fleece Dress by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1979

Computer Printed Fleece Dress Drawing

Lillian 2 (Picturephone Self Portrait) by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1979

Lillian 2 (Picturephone Self Portrait) Print

Man in New York by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1980

Man in New York Dot-Matrix

The Rocker Patti Smith by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1980

The Rocker Patti Smith Textile

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

Computer Code Lame Shirt by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1980 (ca)

Computer Code Lame Shirt Textile

See the Beautiful Sea XI by Margot Lovejoy, 1980 (ca)

See the Beautiful Sea XI Print

See the Beautiful Sea XXIV by Margot Lovejoy, 1980 (ca)

See the Beautiful Sea XXIV Print

Runway Dress by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1981

Runway Dress Textile

Set, Dress, Pants by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1981

Set, Dress, Pants Textile

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

Androgyny (6 Women + 6 Men) Photograph

Color Veil (Head series) by Barbara Nessim, 1984

Color Veil (Head series) Print

Computer Cola, For Andy by Ilene Schuster, 1984

Computer Cola, For Andy Print

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

BIG MOMA Poster (super-sized edition) Print

MOMA Poster, 1984 by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1984

MOMA Poster, 1984 Print

Untitled Self-Portrait by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1984

Untitled Self-Portrait Print

ClickArt: Personal Graphics for the Macintosh by Joan Shogren, 1984

ClickArt: Personal Graphics for the Macintosh Algorithm

Homage to Johns: 0 through 9 by Ilene Schuster, 1984/2011

Homage to Johns: 0 through 9 Print

Homage to Munch: the Artist by Ilene Schuster, 1984/2011

Homage to Munch: the Artist Print

Constellation III (The Play of Planets) by Ilene Schuster, 1985

Constellation III (The Play of Planets) Print

Magnitron by Ilene Schuster, 1985

Magnitron Print

Spacescope by Ilene Schuster, 1985

Spacescope Print

MOMA poster, 1985 by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1985

MOMA poster, 1985 Print

Does It Make Sense by April Greiman, 1986

Does It Make Sense Print

Labyrinthe: City 3 by Margot Lovejoy, 1988

Labyrinthe: City 3 Print

Devil Series #3 by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988

Devil Series #3 Print

Mona Leo by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988

Mona Leo Print

Homage to Hockney by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988

Homage to Hockney Print

Self Portrait by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1988 (ca)

Self Portrait Print

Ear Ache by Barbara Nessim, 1989

Ear Ache Mixed Media

Tea Leaves by Barbara Nessim, 1989

Tea Leaves Mixed Media

Leo & I by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1989

Leo & I Print

Lettres de me mere (portfolio) by Vera Molnár, 1990

Lettres de me mere (portfolio) Print

First Transmission by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1990

First Transmission Print

Unseen Worlds by Laurie Spiegel, 1990/2019

Unseen Worlds Sound

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

Soviet Union Lives (RAM Flag Series) Painting

Sociotecture by Joan Truckenbrod, 1991

Sociotecture Print

Electronic Avalanche by Joan Truckenbrod, 1991

Electronic Avalanche Print

Images Du Futur Poster by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1993

Images Du Futur Poster Print

Child Support by Joan Truckenbrod, 1994

Child Support Print

Untitled by Joan Truckenbrod, 1994

Untitled Print

Coffee Break by Barbara Nessim, 1996

Coffee Break Print

www.beetles by Lillian Feldman Schwartz, 1996

www.beetles Print

Untitled by Charlotte Sommer-Landgraf, 1999

Untitled Print

Donnie And Laurie / Patchwork by Laurie Spiegel, 2018

Donnie And Laurie / Patchwork Sound

The Expanding Universe (2018 reissue) by Laurie Spiegel, 2018

The Expanding Universe (2018 reissue) Sound

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