Harvard Art Museums > 2019.2: Sketchbook: Childhood and Wartime Sketches Drawings Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook: Childhood and Wartime Sketches (Otto Piene) , 2019.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jul 18, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/363133. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2019.2 People Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany) Title Sketchbook: Childhood and Wartime Sketches Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date 1938-1944 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/363133 Physical Descriptions Medium Mixed media Dimensions 15.5 × 21.5 × 1 cm (6 1/8 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Elizabeth Goldring Piene, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Goldring Piene Copyright © Otto Piene Estate Accession Year 2019 Object Number 2019.2 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Subjects and Contexts Animating the Page Related Digital Tours Animating the Page: Otto Piene and the Artist Sketchbook Related Objects Object Number 2019.1-70 Artist Otto Piene Title Otto Piene Sketchbooks Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (front endpaper with signature and address, left page); Untitled (portrait in profile of the artist's father, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.5.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.2 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketch of small animal, left page); Untitled (portrait of female figure [artist's mother], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.3 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketch of shipyard along the Weser River in Minden, Germany, left page); Untitled (portrait of the artist's older brother [Reinhold], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.4 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketch of port along canal, left page); Untitled (sketch of two men meeting on the street, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.5 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (railroad bridge above canal, left page); Untitled (interior scene, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.6 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (portrait of seated young man [Günther], left page); Untitled (profile portrait of artist's mother, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.7 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketch of sleeping dog in figure's lap, left page); Untitled (portrait of a female figure [Mrs. Menzel], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.8 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketch of church spire and sky, left page); Untitled (outline of female figure in profile, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.9 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (bridge over Weser River in Minden, left page); Untitled (seated male figure at table, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.10 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (Rückenfigur seated in field, left page); Untitled (interior scene with two figures, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.11 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sleeping animal sketches, left page); Untitled (portrait of male figure, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.12 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (landscape, left page); Untitled (two sketches of figure in profile, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.13 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (storehouse in Barntrup, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's brother [Reinhold], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.14 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's uncle, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.15 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (man [Hugo] shaving, left page); Untitled (Minden landscape in the evening, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.16 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sun above forrest, left page); Untitled (sketch of seated woman [artist's aunt], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.17 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled ("Our Building", left page); Untitled (dog, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.18 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (figure with eyes covered, left page); Untitled (profile portraits of artist's aunts, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.19 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's aunt, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.20 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal eating, left page); Untitled (sketches of artist's uncle [Walter Pietschmann], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.21 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (man in domestic interior, left page); Untitled (profile portrait of artist's uncle [Erich Pietschmann], right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.22 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (sketches of facial expressions, two-page spread) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.23 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's father, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.24 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of male figure, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.25 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (woman "on her hysterical day," right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.26 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (ships in yard, left page); Untitled (boy eating a treat, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.27 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (portrait of young man, left page); Untitled (sketch of woman on street, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.28 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (portrait of artist's mother, left page); Untitled (sailor smoking pipe, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.29 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (steamboat in Minden, left page); Untitled (sketch of artist's hometown church, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.30 Artist Otto Piene Title Untitled (uniformed Hitler youth reading, left page); Untitled (back endpaper with graphite traces, right page) Classification Drawings Object Number 2019.2.10.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.10.2 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.11.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sketch of artist's mother Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.12.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.14.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.15.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.18.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.21.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.22.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sketch of artist's mother Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.23.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.24.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.25.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Object Number 2019.2.26.1 Artist Otto Piene Title Inserted sheet of tissue paper Classification Archival Material Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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