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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.123
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and calculations across back endpaper, two-page spread)
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/375023

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Orange 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, upper left; black pen: 20 [scratched out] / 27 / 18 // 216 / 27 // 486 // ca. 500 hs.
  • inscription: Right page, upper left; black pen: BANNERS / ESTIMATE / FOR / SUZANNE [emphasized with orange marker]
  • inscription: Right page, upper right; black pen: ttl. 3.75000 / so far // = technical / design ca. $ 50000
  • inscription: Across spread; black pen: 18 hs. a piece / x 27 / pieces = [approx.] 500 hs. at $ 3.00 = $1.500.00 in wages // 670 ' / 225 yds [scratched out] // x2 = $ 2000 / 225 yds / at $ 4 ea. // misc. mat.s / $250 / ttl. mat.s / 2.250
  • inscription: Right page, lower right; black pen: X 16 74 [encircled]

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
2019.7.123
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 245-246

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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