2019.6: Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.6

People

Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)

Title

Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

1971-1975

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/363136

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Mixed media

Dimensions

30.5 × 21.6 × 2.5 cm (12 × 8 1/2 × 1 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

2019.6

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.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/20/2022 - 04/24/2023

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

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