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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.30.58
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes with zodiac symbols and "spheres of influence," left page); Untitled (notes with zodiac symbols, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sun Valley "Neon Rainbow"/Utah Arts Festival/1st Night Boston/Sky Art Zodiac/Kansas City Children's Park
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1985
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375249

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36 × 56.5 cm (14 3/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, in black pen:: aquarius // pisces // spheres of influence // sun leo // saturn capricorn / aquarius // moon cancer // uranus aquarius // mercury gemini / virgo // venus taurus / libra // neptune pisces // mars aries / scorpio // jupiter / sagittarius / pisces // pluto scorpio
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen:: Düsseldorf 23-VII-'85 // aries / ram // taurus / bull // gemini / twins // cancer // leo / lion // virgo // libra

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
2019.30.58
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 115-116

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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