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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.10.84
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (winged insect with faint color transfer, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Food Show/"Boston Celebrations"/Eyes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1976
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375594

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and blue pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.5 cm (14 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in blue pen: 1. Test ca. VI 10 75 / helium pressure / /cellular pressure / [upward pointing arrow] test / 2. Text Vi-17-75 / 3 flags on tube / 1.) helium-inflated / 2.) air-inflated / at Student Center / 3. Text VI 18 75 / 3 flags on 3 tubes / larger / all air / inflation by blower / rather than from cyl[inder].s.
  • inscription: right page, u.r., in blue pen: Brewster, / I-10-76 -->

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
2019.10.84
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 167-168

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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