2019.11.30: Untitled (pasted letter with notes, left page); Untitled (pasted photograph with sketch and notes, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.11.30

People

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

Title

Untitled (pasted letter with notes, left page); Untitled (pasted photograph with sketch and notes, right page)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Walker Art Center

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1977

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370086

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and blue ink on black and white photocopies and adhesive on paper

Dimensions

open (approx.): 35.3 × 56.5 cm (13 7/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Left page, upper left, handwritten in graphite: Termine // 77
• inscription: Right page, bottom, handwritten in blue ink: visit / in Brussels / II-26-77 / w. Th. Grochow. / & / Anatol / & Mrs.; l.r., handwritten in blue ink: photograph / of drawing / (O.P.) / on rendering / by Harel K. / taken to Brussels / along w. / rendering / & photos. / of same

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

2019.11.30

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 59-60

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.11

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Walker art center

  Drawings

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