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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.38.92
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (page of photocopied letter, left page); Untitled (page of photocopied letter, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Morocco/Japan/Travel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1989
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376369

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white photocopies and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 57.2 cm (14 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, photocopied text: Mrs Ginette Major / Mr Herve F [scribbled lines as stand in for address] / D[ear] Ginette M & Herve [illegible] / "Kikeriki" is a silver rooster- / shaped inflatable sculpture / environment w. composed / & interactive sound & / coordinated, timed, strobe & incandescent lights / which create changing / multi-reflections i[n] t[he] / surrounding space o[f] / roughly 20 x 20 x 20 / feet. Although the // -2-
  • inscription: Right page, photocopied text: : theme is "international / alarm" the viewer parti- / cipaion & audience activity / are related to the "Double Monocle" / installation y[ou] had last year. Shape & / sound are powerful & [sung?] , / festive, the "space suit" / silver is creating an ambience / of spatial ambiguity & / flouting balance[strikethrough] weight- / lessness. The rooster crows / o[f]. t[he] basic sound composition / are collected from many / places o[f] t[he] world (Austria / France, Japan, Tobago, USA); / the CAVS artists are / Elizabeth Goldring, Chris Janney, / O.P. & crew. // -3-

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
2019.38.92
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 183, 184

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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