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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.13.32
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with text), left page; Untitled (swans, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Black Swan/Helium Swan (unrealized project)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1978
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371584

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, lower right and across margin onto right page, in black marker: ---> / white water lily swan / & green water / Lily swan

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
2019.13.32
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 63-64

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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