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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.38.96
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (page of letter, left page); Untitled (drawing of rooster on paper, 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/376373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on ruled paper, metallic and black pen on paper, adhesive, and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 57.2 cm (14 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, in black pen: - 2 - // anyway as in '88). We will / have to make the piece / a little "less complex" but / look forward to working / w[ith] y[ou] as before. I'll send / a new budget & / pay schedule plus / photo & technical & bio- / graphical material / Fed Ex today. / Best / OP / encl. fax of Kikeriki image
  • inscription: Right page, u.l., in black pen: CAVS / IV-25-89
  • inscription: Right page, on sketch paper, in black marker: P. '89 "Kikeriki"

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
2019.38.96
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 191, 192

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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