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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.68.94
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes, two-page spread)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sun Eureka Berlin/“Mies Berlin”/Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie/John Cage/Groton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2013
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372547

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black 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, in blue pen:: Bronze by gold / red black purple gold platinum
  • inscription: Across two pages, in black marker:: Brigham & Women's BOS / 0016175257339
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen:: O. Piene / Lichtraum Basel / seit 1959 habe ich [strikethrough] / Beginning in 1959 I have / worked with natural and artificial / light as an artistic medium in / performance, environmental instal- / lations and exhibitions of sculpture. / Light emits from objects and per- / forated walls and ceilings and / turns, projected, into "dancing" / forms which slowly, softly, wander / across the room's [text crossed out "reflected by white walls"] / surfaces. Perforations ["of" crossed out] serve as ... // In the mud room [crossed out: "of our farm"] near the rear ent- /rance of our farm in Groton, MA there is a / wall closet holding miscellaneous brooms / and dust pans for use in the house / and studios. / She threw herself full forces on the bed with rainbow / curves I had designed ... She did forget / just for a moment E=mc²

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
2019.68.94
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 187-188

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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