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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.11.47.1
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Affixed sheet (telegram to Otto Piene from Thomas Grochowiak)
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/370145

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Typed ink on yellow paper
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Recto, typed telegram message: BITTE IM SINNE DER VORABSPRACHEN UNS INNERHALB DES HIERFUER / BEREITSTEHENDEN IHNEN BEKANNTEN BETRAGES UNBEDINGT IHR OBJEKT / IN ANGRIFF NEHMEN BEI DER INTERNATIONALEN PRESSEKONFERENZ / IST / DAS BEREITS BEKANNT GEGEBEN WORDEN WIR RECHNEN MIT IHNEN / GRUSS GROCOWIAK KUNSTHALLE RECKLINGHAUSEN
  • inscription: Verso, bottom stamped in blank ink: 1977 Jun 20 PM 5:36 [upside down]
  • inscription: Verso, top telegram, stamped in blank ink: : 1977 Jun 20 PM 5:36
  • inscription: Verso, bottom telegram, left, in red ink: 1997 JUN 21 AM 9 03

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
2019.11.47.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Between pages 93 and 94

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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