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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.10.14
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank with faint color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Food Show/"Boston Celebrations"/Eyes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1975
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375524

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.5 cm (14 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black felt-tipped pen: FOOD SHOW CONTENTS -3 - / MAGGIE LETTVIN / MIRROR / YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT / DER MENSCH IST WAS ER ISST / ETHNIC GROUPS FOR LUNCH / TECHWIVES / CANNIBALISM / INSTRUMENTS / IMPLEMENTS / TOOLS / } BIZARRE / DOLE PINEAPPLE / ARTICHOKE, CASTROBILLE/CAL. / OLDENBURG BANANA, NORWAY / SWEDEN / EDGERTON GROUP / APPLE / RADISH / MILKDROP / EGGS / MANOFF JELLO SCULPTURE / POETRY ROY LAM BAR SPACKS / GRANK CARLTON / FELLOWS 4064 JON. GREEN

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
2019.10.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 27-28

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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