Nam June Paik

Diderot...One Word is 1,000 Dollars

1989

Not on view

Date
1989

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph, photoetching, aquatint, and engraving

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 29 13/16 × 22 3/8 in. (75.7 × 56.8 cm) Image: 27 11/16 × 20 9/16 in. (70.3 × 52.2 cm)

Accession number
94.46.5

Edition
49/64 | I-VIII APs, 2 PPs, 2 Publisher's Proofs, 2 Shop Proofs

Publication
Printed by Mark Patsfall Graphics; published by Carl Solway Gallery

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Nam June Paik Estate

API
artworks/8926

Part of a series:
Evolution/Revolution/Resolution
12 works

A robot made from speaker components and circuit diagrams stands against a bright blue schematic background.
A robot shape made from stacked vintage televisions over a blue electronic schematic with handwritten script.
A robot figure made from vintage television sets with handwritten notes on their screens against a schematic background.
Robot shape composed of stacked televisions with handwritten notes against a red circuit-board background.
A humanoid figure made from stacked vintage television sets against a pink background with handwritten notes and large black calligraphy.
Robot-like figure composed of vintage televisions with handwritten notes against a bright yellow background.
Vintage television sets arranged like a robot against a green circuit-board background with handwritten notes.
Four small robot-shaped photo collages arranged vertically on a white page with surrounding text.
A blank page with an octagonal framed area near the top filled with repeated handwritten word "Revolution".
A robot-shaped collage of vintage televisions set against a mechanical schematic background with gold calligraphy.


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