2019.9: Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.9

People

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

Title

Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

ca. 1974-1976

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/363139

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Mixed media

Dimensions

29.1 × 29.6 × 2.1 cm (11 7/16 × 11 5/8 × 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: On post-it; blue ink, removed from cover: Otto Piene, Sketchbook No. 8, 29 x 29 cm.
• inscription: back cover; black pen [all numbers encircled]: 1 Rose oder Stern & the Likes / 2 Editionen & [symbol for rainbow] & Vulkan / 3 Series of themes / 4 Sky Art & O.P., SKY ART, deutsch / 5 PAX posters / 6 Tele-Serie, Format, Leuchtfarben, also Blue Tornado, etc./ 7 On size , (70 x 100) 100 x 70 / 8 on Heseler & Kroll & H.-Kataloge / 9 Feuerflora / 10 On Butterflies & the Likes / 11 On Lichtballett, incl. W & S / 12 [symbol for Olympic rings] & Kroll & Heseler -- / 13 Text Regenbogen & Iris / 14 Addis Abeba & [Edition] Merien [Krefeld]; mention misc. others / incl/ Siebdrucktechn. printers / 15 R. A. Gedichte; [Guido] Hildebrandt Bücher; Typograf [Tünn] Konerding / 16 On manipulated prints after gouaches etc. / 17 Geier, vultures, Brewster / 18 On Hawaii / 19 Beck Erlange & print exhib.s / 20 On Melanchthon, Vive le France etc.; heads
• inscription: back cover; blue marker [line crossing through text diagonally]: <-- S. neue / Liste

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

2019.9

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

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  Animating the Page: Otto Piene and the Artist Sketchbook

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