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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.11.4.1
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Inserted sheet (letter from Piene to Martin Friedman)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Walker Art Center
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
1976
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370140

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Typed blue ink on paper
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): Recto, typed in blue ink: Aug. 2 '76 / Mr. Martin Friedman, Director / Walker Art Center / Vineland Plance / Minneapolis, Minn. / USA / Dear Martin: / Here's my list of suggestions. I have favorites, on celarly / Black Stacks Helium Sculpture. I am sending you sketches in / a few days, also addresses. This one is good through August, / although I won't be here all the time. Your show, ideas, pro- / jects are exciting; would be glad to participate if all works / well. / Hello to Micky, also Lisa (and thanks for her note); I am sending / her a copy of my list of suggestions. / (We moved from Brewster to Boston end of July; WHAT A TRIP) / Be very well and let me hear from you. / Yours ever / Otto Piene

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
2019.11.4.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Between pages 7 and 8

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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