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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.68.72
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (design for Neue Nationalgalerie inflatables over bleed-through, two-page spread)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sun Eureka Berlin/“Mies Berlin”/Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie/John Cage/Groton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2012/2014
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372525

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker 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:: "PARIS STAR" / "CEREUS" / "BERLIN STAR"
  • inscription: Right page, in blue pen:: 3 WHITE / [PARIS] / STARS // IRIS // LICHTRAUM
  • inscription: Right page, in black marker:: SKY ART // INFLATABLES // Lichtraum

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
2019.68.72
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 143-144

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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