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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.11.10.1
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Inserted sheet (notes for letter 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/370144

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue ink on paper and staple
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Recto, page 1, handwritten in blue ink: 1 / DDf., VIII-2-76 / 1.) Windsock Sculpture on the / Terrace / 2.) Windsock & Markers / on the rout to the / River. / 3.) Neon Rainbow at or / after the opening. / 4.) Exhibition/sculpture / barge on tour through / locks. Other tours marked. / 5.) Neon Rainbow on / railroad bridge / 6.) Helium-filled streamers / on railroads. / 7.) shaped balloons on Top of mills.
  • inscription: Recto, page 2, handwritten in blue ink: 2 / 8.) Black Stacks helium / sculpture / 9.) Downstream / floating message / contest.
  • inscription: Recto, page 3, handwritten in blue ink: 3 / Wind Sculpture on the / Terrace / 1.) A large "blue waves" / wind sock frlown from / a mast on the sc. / terrace; visible symbol / of water & winds, ca. / 40 ' long; sc. Mill last / 2-3 mo.s; $1,000.00 honor. / plus travel, making $ 1,500.00 / instal.n ca. $1,000.00! // 2.) Small windsocks and / signs on lampposts & / similar objects marking / the way to the locks / & the "Pracna area" / (including bridges) to observe the mills etc.
  • inscription: Recto, page 4, handwritten in blue ink: 4 / In collaboration w/ the City of Minn. Costs 15-25 k / honor. $ of 3,000.00 included. / 3.) "Neon Rainbow" on or / near the WAC at or / after the opening; / $ 3,500 incl. honor. _ transport.n / for O.P. , Alejandro Sina / & job capt., Ragnhild Karlstrom. Helium to be / found in Minn. at $ 150 / - 250. Mi.Mi. crwe of ca. 12 / volunteers needed. / 4.) A barge or boat to be "donated" / or rented, turned into a sculpture, or appriopriately / decorated, to circle the Mi.Mi. portions of the
  • inscription: Recto, page 5, handwritten in blue ink: 5 / Miss. Going up & down / the locks, possibly in con. / with a tour of mills. / Costs anything from $5,000 / to $50,000.00; money / to be retrieved by chargin / admission. / Honor. Incl. / anywhere between $ / 500 & 5,000. / 6.) Helium-filled long / tubular streamers to be / attached to trains before / they cross the (beautiful) r.r. bridge. Costs from / $2,000.00 to ten times that / and more depending upon / frewuencey of event. Honor. / (if not stated differently / 10% of the costs.
  • inscription: Recto, page 6, handwritten in blue ink: 6 /7.) Shaped balloons on / top of mills marking / their economical and / architectural significance / In collaboartion w. t. / mills & the Mi.Mi. balloon / comp.s / 8.) Black Stacks Helium / Sculpture: The four stacks / of the former power station on / the left bank are prominently / visible without there being ob- / scured or their space envelope obstructed by power / lines, signs or lampposts / etc. To fly tubular sculptures / & "rainbows" form their tops / would provide a huge tem- / porary assembly of pro- / portions matching the great River. Collaboartion.
  • inscription: Recto, page 7, handwritten in blue ink: 7 / of U. (which has installations / on the premises) & one or / several authorized "stack climbers" required. Inflatables / can be attached to tops / of stacks without any of / my (or yr.) crew having to / go near them, with the / help of ropes & wires. / No FAA problems because / site is more than 5 mi.s / distant from airport. / Costs ca. $7,000.00 incl. / O.P. honor. of 1,000.00 plus / travel + one assistant plus / Mi.Mi. volunteer crew. / 9.) Downstream Floating / message contest. / In collaboration w. all
  • inscription: Recto, page 8, handwritten in blue ink: 8 / Mi.Mi. High Schools & / Colleges

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
2019.11.10.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Between pages 19 and 20

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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