Computer Colonne

Textiles

1975 (reproduced 1985)

Designed by Astrid Sampe (Swedish, 1909–2002) with computer programmer Sten Kallin and IBM Plotter 1627
Originally marketed by Nordiska Kompaniet
Re-introduced and marketed by Kinnasand AB, Sweden, Kinna
Collection commissioned by Yamagiwa Corp. for Lavinia Store, Japan
Produced by Ljungbergs Textiltryck
Floda, Sweden

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Astrid Sampe (Designer)
Title: Computer Colonne
Place: Sweden (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Designed 1975
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; screen printed
Dimensions: 218.4 × 130 cm (86 × 51 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Astrid Sampe
Reference Number: 1986.391

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Designed by the Yard: 20th Century Pattern Repeats, Feb. 28–June 25, 1990.

The artist, Stockholm, Sweden; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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