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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.6.114
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and designs, left page); Untitled (blank, 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
1972
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376497

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red and blue pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, in red pen: III 16 72 / possible / patterns / of / "irregular / shape" / prisms / ("cheap" / prisms) / used
  • inscription: Left page, in blue pen: (serial / & stacking / arrangements,) / central & parallel
  • inscription: Right page, in red pen [appears to be different from Piene's handwriting]: Presently agreeing 1000 "Diff." prisms (for every 5, / 3 are [square], / 2 [triangle]) // 2000 outside prisms

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
2019.6.114
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 227-228

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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