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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.62.26
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (pasted-in directions, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Travels/Tokyo/Osaka/Normandy/Sandhills/Prague/Groton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2001
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372685

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on notepaper, black marker, and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top (right) sheet of pasted-in notes, in black pen: Sandhills / Trip / Ask Hotel for directions to / I80 West. / I80 to Grand Island / Decidwe whether to continue / on I80 West to Ogalla / and then 26 to Scottsbluff / or take Highway 2 to / Alliance / Check with locals about / best route between Alliance / and Scottsbluff
  • inscription: bottom (left) sheet of pasted-in notes, in black pen:: To / Lincoln / Hotel entrance north to / first intersection. Right to / Airport Exit (across overpass / to down ramp left) / Airport exit to I29 North / (to St Joseph). / I29 to State Route 2. / Left on 2 to Lincoln. / Stay on 2 to Downtown Lincoln. / Jog right to South 15th. / North to N St. / Right on N St. to 13th St. / Right on 13th St. to Cornhusker
  • inscription: on sketchbook paper, in black marker: <-- // Vera Olson's directions

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
2019.62.26
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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