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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.47
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes with color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Honolulu/Food Show/Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374947

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 39.2 × 55.9 cm (15 7/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page; black pen: one wind sculpture/inflatable / flag of lights / rotating glass ball / rotating light(s) / lightning/ Van De Graaf / high voltage / discharge / (at night!) // surplus hot water from / air-conditioning? // insulator fountains ? // industrial objects? / cars? // field p[illegible] / like plough & wheels? // ==> Bos / 18-II-80
  • inscription: Right page; black pen: Piotr Kow[alski]. [name encircled] Linz ars electronica / manufacture $ 5,000.00 // [Union / Industries / 426-2299 / Maria] [all crossed out] // travel proof 5,000.00 / (boxing / padding / suspension systems / trnasformers / interfaces for / sound peripherals / graphic equalizers / [illegible] systems) // TIME / MACHINE II [encircled] // Linz / provide: stage / sound amplification / (2 channels / in ) / 2 channels out) // 1. day / indoors / 1 classical music group / (chamber group or [?] up) / composer - / contemporary music / instrument? / sound [?] reversed sound / maximum lag time 3 sec

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
2019.7.47
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 93-94

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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