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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.6.63
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank with faint color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes and rainbow-colored fabric swatches, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1974
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376446

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker, blue pen, fabric swatches, and staples on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.c., in black marker: I 15 DI --> CAM[BRIDGE]. / 16 MI --> CAM. --> LON[DON]. / 17 DO --> DDF. / FRI --> DDF.
  • inscription: l.r., next to fabric swatches, in blue pen: 18 / ! // ROT / OR. / G. / GR. / BL. / IND. / VIOL. / (!)

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
2019.6.63
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 125-126

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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