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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.35.83
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on "Schreizeit," right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Black Rooster/Groton/Korea Olympics
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1988
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375846

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.5 cm (14 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black marker: Der Titel "International Alaram" / als Tonelement von "Schreizeit" / versteht sich von selbst: Anspielung / auf den Hahnenkampf der internatio- / nalen, atomaren Weltrustung, vor / der der "intelligente Hahn/Hahnen- / schrei" -- der Tag und Nacht unter- / scheidet und schrei der bedrohten Kreatur ist -- warnt, eine Verbindung / von Uhr (Tag- und Nachtscheide) und / elektronisch übersetzter Natur- / Sirene. "Schreizeit" macht / durch, eine Abmessungen und / den Prozeβ seiner Entstehung den / "International Alarm" augen- / und "ohrenfällig" - // IV- '88 / "Schreitzeit" im Nbg. / abgesagt

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
2019.35.83
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 165-166

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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