2019.11.48: Untitled (sketch for Europalia inflatable with blank sheet pasted over upper left, two-page spread)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.11.48

People

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

Title

Untitled (sketch for Europalia inflatable with blank sheet pasted over upper left, two-page spread)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Walker Art Center

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, sketchbook page

Date

1977

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370104

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue ink, red marker, paper, 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, bottom, in blue ink: sketches / for definite / plan / to Robert / du Smet // Brussels / VII-4-77 / [arrow pointing up] TOTAL / PROPORTION // HEIGHT OF / BUILDING CA. 17 M / HEIGHT OF FLOWER CA. (+) 11 M
• inscription: Left page, pasted sheet, in typed black ink: OTTO PIENE / 4000 DUSSELDORF / HUETTENSTRASSE 104 / GERMANY

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

2019.11.48

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 95-96

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.11

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Walker art center

  Drawings

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