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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.67.10
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and arrow, left page); Untitled (text, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Düsseldorf/Horses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2007
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372368

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 27.9 × 46.4 cm (11 × 18 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, u.r.: [arrow pointing left]
  • inscription: right page, vertically, in black marker: The implausible splendor of red neon / on course, aged surfaces of painted / wood & granite buildings (such as / "Harding House (mansion) ) // poets' springs / a world apart: Fay Jones' "T. Chapel" in / the woods, unspeakably different / a jewel of jewels of architecture / It's raining gray light in DDF., / wet as in Groton yesterday/ (Martin Luther King Day, I - 15 '07) / (dark)
  • inscription: right page, u.r., in black marker: [arrow pointing left]

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
2019.67.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 19-20

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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