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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.67.31
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
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2007
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372389

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and 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: #90 #91 #92 #93 #94 #95 / 6 Teile "Hexagon Exterior - / The Splendor of Golden / Walls" / 66 x 47 x 2.5 / Gold / Pürpür [encircled] // 38 x 40 x 40 "Hexagonal / Rooster" / 3 Teil / #096 3fach Hahn / Gold / Pürpür [encircled] // 38 x 40 x 40 "Hexagonal / Rooster" / 3fach Hahn / #097 / Platin // #098 "Minotaurus 5fach" / 6 x 13 x 12 / 5 Stck. / Gold / Pürpür [encircled] // #99 group of 5 "Minotaurus 5fach / 1.5" / +6 single / Minotaurus 6fach "u"/"v"/"w"/"x"/"y"/"z" / 6 x 13 x 12 / 11 Teile / Platin

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
2019.67.31
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 61-62

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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