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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.6.83
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 and notes on "new paintings in Brewster," 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/376466

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: NEW PAINTINGS ('75) / IN BREWSTER // (FINISHED OR ALMOST FINISHED) / 1. LARGE WHITE-GROUND / WAVES (BLUE-BLACK-BROWNS) / ALONG BASE; --> CENTER / 2. "SILVER LAVE" / 3. SQUARE YELLOW GROUND / 4. LEFTOVER FROM LARGE / RED RECT.LE CANVAS / 5. RED SQUARE W. DARK BLUE / WAVE FROM BOTTOM / 6. SILVER SQUARE W. BLUE / 7. RED SQUARE, "RED CRATER"

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
2019.6.83
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 165-166

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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