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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.61.40
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through from previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Santorini, Greece
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2001
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, u.r., in black pen: DDF. --> / 14 I 2.001
  • inscription: right page, in black pen: Ruhrort 2.001 // I [enciircled] / Helium - Bögen / ca. 200' / ≅ 60 m / 2 1/2 tks o. helium / ≅ 25 ㎥ // II [encircled] / Helium-Schiffe / 10 x 25³ ≅ 250 ㎥ / 1 Schiff / 3 Schiffe/1 Tag 3 x 250 ≅ 750 ㎥ / " " 2 Tage ≅ 1.500 ㎥ // III [encircled] Bogen-Gruppen / 15 x 25㎥ / ≅ 400 ㎥ // IV [encircled] . Helium- / Flieger [downward-pointing arrow] / 1 tag / 3 Tage ≅ 800 ㎥ / 10 x 30㎥ ≅ 300 ㎥ / 1 Tag // 1 x // 2 Tage ≅ 600 ㎥/ // over -->

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
2019.61.40
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 79-80

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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