2019.26.96: Untitled ("Berlin Super Star" laser inflatable, two-page spread)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.26.96

People

Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)

Title

Untitled ("Berlin Super Star" laser inflatable, two-page spread)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Paintings/Tobago/LA Olympics/Skydance/Skytime at Guggenheim/Berlin Super Star

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1984

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/375178

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: U.l., in black marker, Straße / des 17. Juni // --> Chemie- / Gebäude / --> / --> / LASER INST.
  
  U.r., in black pen: Berlin 17/18 - III - '84 / "BERLIN SUPER STAR" / laser-inflatable at T[echnische] U[niversität]
  
  U.r., in black marker: <-- LASER / INST. // <-- / TU / Haupt- / gebäude
  
  L.r., in black marker: Ernst-Reuter-Platx

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

2019.26.96

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 191-192

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.26

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Paintings/Tobago/LA Olympics/Skydance/Skytime at Guggenheim/Berlin Super Star

  Drawings

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