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Origins

Exceptional works of historical computer art available for sale.

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Untitled (AARON drawing) by Harold Cohen
Harold Cohen · 1971 · $47,500
Untitled (1971)

A unique plotter output from Harold Cohen's early explorations with computers and AI. With extraordinary provenance.

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Scratch Code Portfolio by Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr · 1976 · $17,500
Scratch Code Portfolio

A 1976 portfolio by Manfred Mohr, the German-American algorithmic artist whose disciplined investigation of generative geometry made him a foundational figure of computer art.

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Untitled by Mary Ellen Bute/Ted Nemeth
Mary Ellen Bute/Ted Nemeth · ca. 1952 · $15,500
Untitled (Oscilloscope Photograph)

A ca. 1952 oscilloscope photograph from the Mary Ellen Bute archive, bearing the Ted Nemeth Studio stamp. One of the earliest works of computer art.

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Mona/Leo by Lillian Schwartz
Lillian Schwartz · 1987 · $17,500
Mona/Leo

Schwartz's celebrated study superimposing Leonardo's self-portrait over the Mona Lisa. Both an art-historical claim and a work of art.

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String Weave (2017) by Charles Csuri
Charles Csuri · 2017 · $25,000
String Weave

A late large-scale work from Charles Csuri's Mosaic Series — sequential frames stitched into a single layered woven composition. Archival ink on canvas, 60 × 84 in.

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Plotter drawing by Bill Kolomyjec, dedicated to Ken Knowlton
Bill Kolomyjec · 1979 · $4,500
Plotter Drawing (dedicated to Ken Knowlton)

A 1979 plotter drawing by Bill Kolomyjec, personally dedicated to Ken Knowlton and acquired from the Knowlton Estate — a direct artifact of the Bell Labs computer-art circle.

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Untitled by Mary Ellen Bute and Ted Nemeth
Mary Ellen Bute/Ted Nemeth ca. 1952 · $15,500
Untitled (Oscilloscope Photographs, two images on one negative)

A ca. 1952 negative from the Bute archive carrying two oscilloscope-photograph exposures on a single frame — an unusual artifact of the artist's working method.

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Untitled
Hy Hirsh · ca. 1950 · $15,500
Untitled (Oscilloscope Photograph)

A ca. 1950 oscilloscope photograph by Hy Hirsh — a pioneering figure in visual music and abstract photographic experimentation, working alongside the foundational electronic-imaging practices of Laposky and Bute.

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Psalm of Peace by Roman Verostko
Roman Verostko · 1967 · $14,500
Psalm of Peace

A 1967 painting by Roman Verostko, predating his pioneering work in algorithmic art — from his pre-computer period of contemplative, scripturally-inspired abstraction.

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Music from Mathematics (Bell Labs, 1960/1961)
Max Mathews, et al · Bell Labs, 1960/1961 · $5,000
Music from Mathematics

The original 1960/1961 Bell Telephone Laboratories box set — a small private release documenting the first generation of computer-generated music, recorded on the IBM 7090.