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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.68.2
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and bleed-through of previous and following pages page, two-page spread)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Sun Eureka Berlin/“Mies Berlin”/Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie/John Cage/Groton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2010
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372455

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker, black pen, and blue pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, u.c., in blue pen: flood / Alise
  • inscription: left page, u.r., in black marker: MIT group / water crisis / Fri IV 30
  • inscription: across left and right pages, in black marker: l[ea]ve. / Grot[on]. / Fri / IV-30 fr. Logan 540 pm 2010 // ar. Paris Sat. / V- 1 620 am / Hot. St. Peres bookwork / l[ea]ve. Paris Thur V-6 / ar. DDF 155pm Gü. / w. Gü. Fri V-7 / Gü --> China V-8 / O. to M.S. fr. DDF. Mo V-10 // not / going --> / Mon V-24 DDF-Moers / Grubenlampenfest // not --> / Sat. 29-V Hub. Fireworks Party / Rathausufer 11 DDF. // yes! --> / June 10 Thur-13 Sun Basel / unlimited
  • inscription: right page, c.r., in black pen and black marker: O. & E. farm / party // 16 / V

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
2019.68.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 3-4

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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