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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.30.77
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/375268

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36 × 56.5 cm (14 3/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: In black marker:: through phenomena / & multi-sensory sensation / rather than didactic "direct" / method / All offerings will have to be / embeddedd in a landscape which / is an architectural/environ- / mental entity of beauty and / which is unique by itself // Further: / 9.) A house on water & a / house in the air / (the waterlily house, tree / houses and elevated / flower houses) / 10.) Is there anything ugly / in nature? / -over- / 11.) Human body / the ultimate miracle

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
2019.30.77
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 153-154

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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