1993 Digital signed print

In 1992 the BBC invited Pop-Art Richard Hamilton to participate in a series of half-hour programmes entitled QED. His role, in a slot titled ‘Art and Chips’, was to demonstrate an artist’s use of a computer to generate art. He decided to recreate the experience of making the 1956 collage, Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different?, in a way that would be appropriate to the 1990s, remaking the image to reflect the contemporary era using a Quantel Paintbox he had recently purchased.

  Hamilton produced Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different? in an edition of 5000 with fifty artist’s proofs.

 The edition was printed by Electronics for Imaging on A4 Mellotex paper using a Canon CLC 500 printer.

The 5000 prints were donated by the British Broadcasting Corporation to viewers who contacted them to request a copy on a first come first serve basis. This copy includes the original support letter sent out with the print run of 5000 and has been in a private collection since then.

The remaining fifty prints were distributed by the BBC.' -Quotation from Tate.

(Laser print in colours) produced for the BBC programme QED, printed directly from the computer Ed. 5000

This artwork is a limited edition digital laser print titled

Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?.

It was created by British pop artist Richard Hamilton in 1993 for the BBC programme QED.

The print is signed and numbered by the artist, often as part of an edition of 5000.

Artist Richard Hamilton 1922 – 2011

Medium Digital print on paper

Dimensions 11" x 8"

Acid free mat in chrome frame measures: 16" x 13"

Collection Tate Acquisition Presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation 1993 

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