2019.25.43: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (poem in blue marker atop color transfer, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.25.43

People

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

Title

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (poem in blue marker atop color transfer, right page)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Tobago/First night poster 1982/83

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1982

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/369684

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Colored marker on paper

Dimensions

open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: In blue marker: BEGIN WITH FORM / TRY TO PROCEED / YOU KNOW THAT TO MAKE SENSE / IS HUMAN / THEN I DRAW HIBISCUS / THEN I DRAW BODY / THE ORIGINAL VIRGIN / EVE / SHIT / MAHALIA JACKSON / I WOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL / YOU THAT I LOVE YOU / ANYMORE / IF ONLY THIS / PLANE / WOULD CRASH

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

2019.25.43

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 85-86

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.25

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Tobago/First night poster 1982/83

  Drawings

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