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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.27.64
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and adhered sheet, left page); Untitled (notes and sketch of "cat's cradle" lights, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Tobago/Tète de Defense Paris/Bonn Competition/Japan
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1983
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376884

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker, black pen, paper insert, and adhesive tape on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.5 × 57.8 cm (14 3/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: connections / between important / prints in Paris / are vertically centered, / fanned, rotating / laser beams / providing a slowly / moving "laser concert" / at night; colors / (they will have to be strong) // In this way P[aris]. can have a "cat's cradle" light network in the sky

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
2019.27.64
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 127-128

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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