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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.67.60
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Düsseldorf/Horses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2008
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372418

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 27.9 × 46.4 cm (11 × 18 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen: Grot. VII - 17 - '08 / location moved / (wishful thin[kin]g. by organizers) / to Pl. de la Concorde and / moved again to / Pl. de Catalogne / (says O.P.: "Bofilasea" [illegible] ; / "Wet disk" by North African / artist) // lights needed: / to light disk location / power; lights dramatic ("search / lights") / check railing around disk / (which is now dry / dysfunct- / ional) ; to attach arches/loops / wind direction (S) // park working: vehicles / where?
  • inscription: right page, in black pen: "La Nuit Blanche" Paris / Place de Catalogne / Oct. 6-'09 / W. Lees Ruioff / Morita Bourbek / Günter Thorn / Joachim Koch / Mark Graf / new white stars / Paris Star / Cereuas / + old white "Berlin Star" / very good helpers from / Goethe Institute / Institute Français } DDF. par.

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
2019.67.60
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 119-120

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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