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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.2.11.1
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Inserted sketch of artist's mother
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbooks: Childhood and Wartime Sketches
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
ephemera
Date
1939
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373440

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and ink on paper
Dimensions
unfolded (approx.): 21 × 14.8 cm (8 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, in ink: 8.1.1939. // Mütter liest mit [?] / [?]brille // Otto Piene / Lübbecke i./M.
  • inscription: verso, in graphite: Hôtel

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
2019.2.11.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Between pages 21 and 22

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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