>>Bluest+(OP)
I wish the article mentioned Computer Nude (1967) by Ken Knowlton. It isn't ASCII, but it is a text mosaic. It was widely circulated at the time, was the first full frontal nude printed in The New York Times, and was somewhat important in the development of computer graphics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/technology/ken-knowlton-d...