2019.58: Sketchbook: Portraits/heads in the shape of buildings. Martin Luther, Kant, etc./Miner's lamp

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.58

People

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

Title

Sketchbook: Portraits/heads in the shape of buildings. Martin Luther, Kant, etc./Miner's lamp

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook

Date

1997-1999

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/363182

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Mixed media

Dimensions

36.1 × 29.1 × 2 cm (14 3/16 × 11 7/16 × 13/16 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

2019.58

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

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  Object Number
  2019.1-70
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Otto Piene Sketchbooks

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.1
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (front endpaper, left page); Untitled (signature, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.2
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch and notes, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.3
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (sketch and notes, right page)

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  Drawings
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  2019.58.4
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (sketch and notes, right page)

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  Object Number
  2019.58.5
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (sketch, right page)

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  2019.58.6
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled ("Elizabeth Hua," right page)

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  2019.58.7
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  2019.58.8
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Object Number
  2019.58.9
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.10
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.11
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  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.12
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered light brown paper with sketch, right page)

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  2019.58.13
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  2019.58.14
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Object Number
  2019.58.15
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.16
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.17
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua in profile, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.18
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.19
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.20
  Artist

  Otto Piene

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  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.21
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth Hua, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.22
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("NRW Rheinland," right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.23
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled ("NRW Rheinland," right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.24
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (NRW Rheinland, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.25
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (NRW Rheinland, right page)

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  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.26
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (pasted-in sheets over blank paper, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.27
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, two page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.28
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, left page); Untitled (flying figure sketch, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.29
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (view of NYC skyline, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.30
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and notes, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.31
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, two page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.32
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, right page)

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  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.33
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, two page spread)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.34
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.35
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of flying figures, two page spread)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.36
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy and sketches of flying figures, two page spread)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.37
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (figure sketch, right page)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.38
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth in profile, right page)

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  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.39
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth in profile, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.40
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth in profile, right page)

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  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.41
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.42
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (sketches of Elizabeth, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.43
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (sketches of Elizabeth, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.44
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth in profile, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.45
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Elizabeth in profile, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.46
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (view of Eureka Springs, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.47
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered sheet, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.48
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (Martin Luther, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.49
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (portrait sketch, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.50
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (Immanuel Kant, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.51
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (portrait sketch, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.52
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (Albert Einstein, right page)

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  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.53
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (Albert Einstein, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.54
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered opaque watercolor, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.55
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered opaque watercolor, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.56
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered opaque watercolor, left page); Untitled (adhered opaque watercolor, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.57
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy of sketch of "Davy-Lampe," right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.58
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (designs for mining lamp sculpture, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.59
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (designs for mining lamp sculpture, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.60
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (designs for mining lamp sculpture, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.61
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (designs for mining lamp sculpture, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.62
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy with notes, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.63
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered notes, left page); Untitled (adhered notes, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.64
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered b/w photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, left page); Untitled (adhered color photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.65
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, left page); Untitled (adhered color photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.66
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered color photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, left page); Untitled (adhered color photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.67
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (adhered photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy of Halde Rheinpreußen, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.68
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered photocopy over bleed-through of following page, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.69
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, two-page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.70
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.71
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.72
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, two-page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.73
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.74
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.75
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, two-page spread)

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  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.76
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
• 
  Object Number
  2019.58.77
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, two-page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.78
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view Hana Maui, Hawaii, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.79
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view Hana Maui, Hawaii, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.80
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of following page, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.81
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (view of Hana Maui, Hawaii, two-page spread)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.82
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings
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  Object Number
  2019.58.83
  Artist

  Otto Piene

  Title

  Untitled (marker test, left page); Untitled (marker test on back endpaper, right page)

  Classification
  Drawings

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