Demarne, Pierre, – IBM-Informatique. N° 13.

(Paris): IBM France, 1975. First edition. Softcover. 31cm by 23cm. 96 pages. ‘Special’ and early issue of the IBM magazine devoted to computer-art theory and computer creativity. This issue includes the important essay “L’Art et l’ordinateur” by Pierre Demarne, as well as texts (and text excerts) by Herbert Franke, Yona Friedman, Grace C. Hertlein, Charles Csuri, Abraham A. Moles, Gérard Blanchard, G.F. Kammerer Luka, Alan Kitching, A. Michael Noll. The magazine additionally shows a selection of works by a number of artists who were specialists in the field at the time: Vera Molnar, Manfred Mohr, Herbert Franke, Charles Csuri, John Whitney, Edwin Catmull, A. Michael Noll, Frank Böttger, Sylvia Roubaud, and Rolf Woelk, to name but a few. A very good copy, a little wear at base of the spine.