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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.30.66
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on "Zodiac," 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/375257

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36 × 56.5 cm (14 3/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: In black marker:: Basic working costumes / consist of / overalls (sewn simply or / donated by working clothes / 10. & surplus outfit) / overalls (possibly in fire colors) / with "wings" indicating / one of 5 work gropus / and one of 4 elements / attached to overalls two / emblem patches indicating / one of five work groups and / one ZODIAC sign (personal) / on a ground indicating the / respective element / fliers' caps possible in five / colors (work groups); other- / wise one patch can be at-/ tached to cap instead -->

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
2019.30.66
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 131-132

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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