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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.122
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (blank, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Honolulu/Food Show/Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375022

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black 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, in black pen: Aspen / 4-3-74 / Raven* : 1.) 600 cu feet $1.000 / 31 [symbol for pound weight] of lift // barrage / ballons // ballon weights 26 [symbol for pound weight] / 22' long 8'⌀ // * sioux / Falls / South Da. [encircled] // 2.) 1500 cu feet $3,000.00 // 3.) 2500 cu feet $4,500.00 // 4.) 3.500 cu feet $5,500.00 / 18' [symbol for pound weight] gross lift / as 8000 feet / 37' long 14' ⌀ / weighs 110 [symbol for pound weight] // Winzen polyethylene balloons / spherical bal. 25' ⌀ / 8,200 cu feet / polyeth. bal. net $1,100
  • inscription: Left page, in black marker: over

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
2019.7.122
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 243-244

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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