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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.30.75
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on Kansas City project, 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/375266

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:: DDF. , 23-VIII-'85 / On / Kansas City Children's Park // aside from consideration / of outdoors & grennery / what comes to my mind / because I know the "field": / 1.) Light indoors & out / including a "radiant city" / 2.) sky time and optics / (from clocks and sun / dials to prisms & chip / watches) / 3.) the sun (and the seasons / and energy) / 4.) flowers and flower houses / -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
2019.30.75
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 149-150

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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