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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.67.29
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes and measurements for exhibition of ceramic works, 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/372387

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metallic marker, black pen, and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 27.9 × 46.4 cm (11 × 18 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: "Adieu Vallauris" 1 Teil / #043 26 x 19.5 x 0.8 Platin // 1 Teil Skülptür [sic] Kopf / "Golden Boy Icarus" Gold / #047 46 x 48 x 42 // 1 Teil 3fach Hahn Gold / #048 "Hexagonal Rooster" 38 x 40 x 40 / Purpur // 1 Teil "Golden Gate" Gold / #054 85 x 85 4 // #060 1 Teil "Leücht-/Körper / Gold" / 53 x 53 x 29 / Gold / Pürpür [sic] // Freize (?) "Mutter Teresa in absentia" / #065, 066, 067, 068 60 x 55 x 2.5 / 4 Teile weiß schwarz // 1 Teil "To Josef Albers / the Great Teacher" weiß / #070 85 x 85 x 4

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
2019.67.29
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 55-56

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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