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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.6.76
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled (sketches of paintings for show, 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
1975
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376459

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black marker: 1 K.WIL.MUS.KREF. / 40 x 30 cm, SILVER / "FREQUENZ" / '57 // MUS. O. MOD. A. N.Y.C. / 100 x 80 cm / "PURE / ENERGY" / '58 // K.MUS. / DDF. / "DIE SONNE / BRENNT" / 100 X 130 '66
  • inscription: in purple marker [each encircled]: 1 // 2 // 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
2019.6.76
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 151-152

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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