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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.68.95
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled ("Lichtplastiken" (Light Sculptures) with notes and bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (blue marks, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: 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/372548

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen and blue marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, in black pen:: Groton, MA, / I-24-'10 / Lichtraum Basel (Messe) / 10 m wide / 13 m long (max 15 m) / m. "Fluer" / (Licht / Schleuse) // 240 cm / 340 / h 400 // [diagram of exhibition space with objects identified by corresponding numbers, outlined in a key to its left:] Lichtplastiken / möglich / 1.) Weißer Lichtgeist / 2.) Lichtscheuse / 3.) Doppelzylinder / 4.) / 5.) / 6.) 3 Würfel (2 x 30³ , 1 x 40³) / 7.) Hängende Lichtplastik / 8.) "Gummikugel" / 9.) Lichtwand Laugenfeld

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
2019.68.95
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 189-190

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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