- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Six square colour photographs mounted on board.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Computer Art
- Credit line:
- Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 39.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 54.5
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.7
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.7
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.3
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of upper right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.1
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower left photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.9
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.1
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower middle photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.3
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- of lower right photograph
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16
- Inscription content:
- 'Colin Sheffield'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Artist's signature in pen, in lower left side.
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Material:
- mounting board
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.185-2008
- Object production date:
- ca. 1969
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1968-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1970-12-31
- Object production person:
- Sheffield, Colin
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- UK
- Place association:
- made
- Place note:
- According to Colin Sheffield, the photographs were taken in his studio. Wooden blocks can be seen on the floor beneath each painting.
- Other number:
- CAS/A/0113
- Other number type:
- Previous owner's number
- Physical description:
- Six square colour photographs mounted on board.
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- photography
- Technique:
- Photographs
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- These photographs show six large paintings by the artist Colin Sheffield. The artworks were created in the late 1960s, at a time when Sheffield was "painting about computers". He gave a presentation about his art practice at a Computer Arts Society meeting in October 1969, with Mike Thompson. According to PAGE magazine (no.4, 1969), their talk was entitled "The human end or painting programmed". The six small photographs may have been displayed at the time, or at subsequent exhibitions organised by CAS. At least one of the large paintings (bottom right) was exhibited at Computer Graphics '70, held at Brunel University in 1970.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7f629c6a-433b-370a-a747-6fb0897a8770
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7f629c6a-433b-370a-a747-6fb0897a8770, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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