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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.38.95
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (photocopy of rooster sketch cutout, left page); Untitled (page of letter, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Morocco/Japan/Travel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1989
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376372

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white photocopy and black pen on ruled paper adhered to paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 57.2 cm (14 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, on photocopy: "Kikeriki" / Intl. Alarm // P. 89
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen: FAX [scribble] IV-3-89 / Mr Hervé Fischer / Cité des Arts et / Nouvelles technologies / 7 oest, rue de la Commune / MONTREAL, QUÉBEC / CANADA H2Y 2C5 / Dear Hervé / Thank you for your fax / w confirmation of / "'Kikeriki' - International Alarm." I[n] t[he] last year's / budget was 7.000.-- this year's ought to be at least / $7.500.--/ We shall settle / f[or] that (& "loose [sic] money // - 2 -

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
2019.38.95
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 189, 190

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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