Computer art that pre-dates MacBooks and Photoshop by decades – In 1969, Frederick Hammersley produced an extensive series of “Computer Drawings” which he programmed and printed from an IBM mainframe computer, a mammoth machine that would have likely taken up an entire room. Look closely to see the individual letters (A-Z) rhythmically positioned to form an undulating pattern.

Come visit us a this year’s Printed Matter L.A. Art Book Fair to see one of these works on display in our booth. Feb 11-14, MOCA Geffen.

View more works from this series in the 2013 exhibition Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings 1969, with catalogue. 

IMAGES: (clockwise from top) DO YOU ZEE, 1969; THE SAME CHANGE, 1969; A GOOD LINE IS HARD TO BEAT, 1969; TIDDLY WINKS, 1969; each computer-generated drawing on paper, 11 x 13 5/8 in. (27.9 x 34.6 cm)