2019.6.65: Untitled (blank with faint color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes and adhered photographs of the "Mecum-Tecum" bed system, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.6.65

People

Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)

Title

Untitled (blank with faint color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes and adhered photographs of the "Mecum-Tecum" bed system, right page)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing, sketchbook page

Date

1974

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/376448

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Typed black ink on paper, photographs, adhesive, and black marker on paper

Dimensions

open (approx.): 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Upper left; typed black ink: Mecum - Tecum - Bettsystem / das lichte Maβ des textilen / Trennrollos beträgt / ca. 2 m (Länge) x 1,60 m (Hӧhe)
• incipit: Lower right; black marker: (RÜCKS.)

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

2019.6.65

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 129-130

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.6

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics

  Drawings

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