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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917 works

1970 Christmas Card - Homo Jollifoot by Roman Verostko, 1970

1970 Christmas Card - Homo Jollifoot Ephemera

Untitled by Miguel Ángel Vidal, 1970

Untitled Print

Red Pentagons by José María Yturralde, 1970

Red Pentagons Print

Untitled DART1 Print (3) by Charles Mattox, 1970 (ca)

Untitled DART1 Print (3) Print

Untitled DART1 Print by Charles Mattox, 1970 (ca)

Untitled DART1 Print Print

Untitled DART1 Print (2) by Charles Mattox, 1970 (ca)

Untitled DART1 Print (2) Print

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

Untitled DART1 Print (4) Print

Computer Creations (catalog) by Lloyd Sumner, 1970 (ca)

Computer Creations (catalog) Book

Drakula 6 by Herbert W. Franke, 1970-1971

Drakula 6 Plotter

Uber Musik and Zum Computer by Herbert Brün, 1971

Uber Musik and Zum Computer Sound

Noise by Waldemar Cordeiro, 1971

Noise Plotter

Untitled by Thomas Albert DeFanti, 1971

Untitled Print

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 by Herbert W. Franke, 1971

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 Ephemera

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

S-71-51964 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51964 Print

S-71-51967 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51967 Print

S-71-51965 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51965 Print

S-71-51970 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51970 Print

S-71-51968 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51968 Print

S-71-49238 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-49238 Print

S-71-51971 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51971 Print

S-71-51969 by Guidance & Control Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971

S-71-51969 Print

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (block portrait / “Computer Cubism”) by Leon D. Harmon, 1971

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (block portrait / “Computer Cubism”) Print

Screen Series #10 by John Pearson, 1971

Screen Series #10 Print

Screen Series #11 by John Pearson, 1971

Screen Series #11 Print

Permutation — permutationeller computer-text by Timm Ulrichs, 1971

Permutation — permutationeller computer-text Prose/Poetry

1971 Computer‐Printed Calendar with Nude Figure by Unknown, 1971

1971 Computer‐Printed Calendar with Nude Figure Dot-Matrix

Untitled Impossible Figure (red and yellow) by José María Yturralde, 1971

Untitled Impossible Figure (red and yellow) Print

Drakula by Herbert W. Franke, 1971/2023

Drakula Print

Untitled by Manuel Barbadillo, 1972

Untitled Print

Rotating Planes by Frank Böttger, 1972

Rotating Planes Print

Circle Sequences by Frank Böttger, 1972

Circle Sequences Print

Square Formations by Frank Böttger, 1972

Square Formations Print

Interpolation and Rotation by Frank Böttger, 1972

Interpolation and Rotation Print

Untitled (numbers) by Harold Cohen, 1972

Untitled (numbers) Plotter

Untitled (early plotter study) by Harold Cohen, 1972

Untitled (early plotter study) Plotter

Chastique (untitled) by Aldo Giorgini, 1972

Chastique (untitled) Painting

Reflections #7 by Thomas Huston, 1972

Reflections #7 Plotter

Computer Paragraph by Sture Johannesson, 1972

Computer Paragraph Print

Untitled (Red Tree) by Hiroshi Kawano, 1972

Untitled (Red Tree) Print

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) by Hiroshi Kawano, 1972

Art Ex Machina (portfolio) Print

Untitled by Ken Knowlton, 1972

Untitled Print

Bird Curves by William Kolomyjec, 1972

Bird Curves Plotter

Untitled Generative Serigraph by Eduardo Mac Entyre, 1972

Untitled Generative Serigraph Print

Untitled (Formal Language) by Manfred Mohr, 1972

Untitled (Formal Language) Print

Untitled (punch cards) by Monique Nahas, 1972

Untitled (punch cards) Painting

Walk-Through-Raster Vancouver Version by Frieder Nake, 1972

Walk-Through-Raster Vancouver Version Print

Untitled by Georg Nees, 1972

Untitled Print

Untitled by Georg Nees, 1972

Untitled Mixed Media

Connections of Points by Arc Sequences by Sylvia Roubaud, 1972

Connections of Points by Arc Sequences Print

Structures Comprising Superposed Rectangles by Sylvia Roubaud, 1972

Structures Comprising Superposed Rectangles Print

Families of Circles by Aron Warszawski, 1972

Families of Circles Print

Explosion of Ordered Structures by Gerold Weiss, 1972

Explosion of Ordered Structures Print

Stochastic Lines Subjected to Constraints #2 by Rolf Wölk, 1972

Stochastic Lines Subjected to Constraints #2 Print

MBB Computer Graphics (portfolio) by Rolf Wölk, 1972

MBB Computer Graphics (portfolio) Print

Elements Subjected to Perspectives by Rolf Wölk, 1972

Elements Subjected to Perspectives Print

Stochastic Lines Subjected to Constraints #3 by Rolf Wölk, 1972

Stochastic Lines Subjected to Constraints #3 Print

Untitled Impossible Figure (red cube) by José María Yturralde, 1972

Untitled Impossible Figure (red cube) Print

Untitled Collage by Eduardo Mac Entyre, 1972 (ca)

Untitled Collage Collage

Aeleana by Manuel Barbadillo, 1973

Aeleana Print

Early Eye 1342-2 by Herbert Brün, 1973

Early Eye 1342-2 Plotter

Cascando: Realization of Samuel Beckett's radio play by Charles Dodge, 1973

Cascando: Realization of Samuel Beckett's radio play Sound

Untitled by Hiroshi Kawano, 1973

Untitled Print

Simulated Color Mosaic by Hiroshi Kawano, 1973

Simulated Color Mosaic Print

SDL Portfolio by Hiroshi Kawano, 1973

SDL Portfolio Print

Octagons by Ken Knowlton, 1973

Octagons Print

Computer Art IBM Edition A07 by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition A07 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition A03 by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition A03 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition A08 by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition A08 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition A01 by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition A01 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition (A-series) by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition (A-series) Print

Computer Art IBM Edition A05 by Hans Köhler, 1973

Computer Art IBM Edition A05 Print

Rotmo 1 by Tomislav Mikulic, 1973

Rotmo 1 Plotter

Rota 45 by Tomislav Mikulic, 1973

Rota 45 Plotter

Roto Morph 360 by Tomislav Mikulic, 1973

Roto Morph 360 Plotter

Rotmo 2 by Tomislav Mikulic, 1973

Rotmo 2 Plotter

Theoretical Space Projection by Manfred Mohr, 1973

Theoretical Space Projection Print

Crescendo-Descrescendo by Georg Nees, 1973

Crescendo-Descrescendo Print

0804197219H21 by Jacques Palumbo, 1973

0804197219H21 Dot-Matrix

Segrid by John Roy, 1973

Segrid Print

Variation. Transformation. by John Roy, 1973

Variation. Transformation. Print

K 43 by Norton Starr, 1973

K 43 Print

Archimedean Spiral by Norton Starr, 1973

Archimedean Spiral Print

Brown-White Structure by Zdeněk Sýkora, 1973

Brown-White Structure Print

Meditations 11 by Stan VanDerBeek, 1973

Meditations 11 Print

Variations on 9 Squares by Roger Vilder, 1973

Variations on 9 Squares Print

For Sweeden with the Time by Sture Johannesson, 1974

For Sweeden with the Time Print

Computed Art. Beraeknad konst. by Sture Johannesson, 1974

Computed Art. Beraeknad konst. Book

Computer Art IBM Edition B04 by Hans Köhler, 1974

Computer Art IBM Edition B04 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition (B-series) by Hans Köhler, 1974

Computer Art IBM Edition (B-series) Print

Computer Art IBM Edition B01 by Hans Köhler, 1974

Computer Art IBM Edition B01 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition B02 by Hans Köhler, 1974

Computer Art IBM Edition B02 Print

Computer Art IBM Edition B03 by Hans Köhler, 1974

Computer Art IBM Edition B03 Print

Noise Barrier by Aaron Marcus, 1974

Noise Barrier Print

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés by Vera Molnár, 1974

Quadrilatères Entrebaillés Plotter

Body Print of Mary by Sonia Landy Sheridan, 1974

Body Print of Mary Textile

Portrait of Beth by Unknown, 1974

Portrait of Beth Dot-Matrix

Synthesized Voices by Charles Dodge, 1975

Synthesized Voices Sound

American Flag (prototype) by Aldo Giorgini, 1975

American Flag (prototype) Mixed Media

Computer Art IBM Edition A06 by Hans Köhler, 1975

Computer Art IBM Edition A06 Print

Inner City Variation III by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Inner City Variation III Print

Untitled (red) by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Untitled (red) Print

Diamond 2D design by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Diamond 2D design Plotter

Untitled (blue) by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Untitled (blue) Print

Inner City Variation II by Ruth Leavitt, 1975

Inner City Variation II Print

Katakali Dancer 2 by Richard Lowenberg, 1975

Katakali Dancer 2 Print

Katakali Dancer 1 by Richard Lowenberg, 1975

Katakali Dancer 1 Print

RL Thermographic Portrait by Richard Lowenberg, 1975

RL Thermographic Portrait Print

Untitled (plotter) by Robert Mallary, 1975

Untitled (plotter) Plotter

954/9 by Robert Mallary, 1975

954/9 Plotter

954/25 by Robert Mallary, 1975

954/25 Plotter

Untitled Plotter (2) by Robert Mallary, 1975

Untitled Plotter (2) Plotter

408/19 by Robert Mallary, 1975

408/19 Plotter

Untitled Plotter (3) by Robert Mallary, 1975

Untitled Plotter (3) Plotter

501/1 by Robert Mallary, 1975

501/1 Plotter

Soft Where Inc. by Aaron Marcus, 1975

Soft Where Inc. Book

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

60-4-AC-1975 / Digital Moment in Color by Vilko Žiljak, 1975

60-4-AC-1975 / Digital Moment in Color Print

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