Lee Mullican, a late artist whose paintings are part of the permanent collections at major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), was also an early digital experimenter.
Recently, some of Mullican’s works from the 1980s were tokenized and released as NFTs on the Feral File platform.
The NFT art platform Feral File released “LeeMullican.PCX” on Thursday. It is a collection of 12 digital pieces that Lee Mullican made in 1987. Each piece was made with the PC Paintbrush app on an IBM 5170 in the titular file format and saved on 5 ¼-inch floppy discs. Mullican, who passed away in 1998, was 67 years old at the time.
Each NFT includes the original PCX file and a scan of a 35mm photo slide that Mullican captured of his computer screen displaying the work.
Feral File and the estate of the artist minted 20 editions of each piece for public sale, with a bundle of all 12 pieces initially sold for $2,400 and individual pieces sold for $200 each the following day.
As a digital art pioneer, Mullican’s early experiments helped pave the way for future generations of digital artists and the rise of tokenized art.
While contemporary artists have access to significantly more powerful and versatile tools, there is still a connection between Mullican’s early experiments and today’s NFT art world.
Ultimately, the release of Mullican’s digital art collection on Feral File showcases the continued evolution of the art world and the ways in which artists are exploring new and distinctive ways to express themselves through emerging technologies.
Cover Image Source: Estate of Lee Mullican
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