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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.62.85
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes and sketches for exhibition in Essen, Germany, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Travels/Tokyo/Osaka/Normandy/Sandhills/Prague/Groton
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2002
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372744

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: "Frühlings / Erwachen" / 120 x 170 cm / '95/97/98/99 // "Flüssiges / Licht" / 68 x 96 cm / '93 // Groton/CAVS / IX.17-'02 // US // "(Infrared)" / "Infrarot" / 200 x 260 cm / 2.002 // "Feuerrot" / 200 x 260 cm / 2.002 // "Iredo" [illegible] / 163 x 163 cm / 2.000 // 8 / sketch- / books // 2 light sculptures // light / cube / 30 x 30 x 30 cm / 2.002 // "Schwarze / Lichtkugel"

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
2019.62.85
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 169-170

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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