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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.21
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (measurements for "water cube," right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Light Sculptures/Notes on Past Sky Events
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1992
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377017

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and blue pen on on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.9 × 61.6 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black marker: 5 Druckgruppen // Gruppen 1: 14 / 2: 13 / 3: 6 / 4: 13 / 5:14
  • inscription: in blue pen: Diagonal- / Reihe / Nr. [numbered from 1 to 13] // [sequence of holedsfrom 1 to 60] // Anzahl [of holes] 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 6 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 60 [annotations on numbered groups] / [group 1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [all numbers encircled] / [2] 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 [all numbers encircled] / [3] 28 29 30 31 32 33 [all numbers encircled] [scratched out: 34 35 36 37 / [4] 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 [all numbers encircled] / [5] 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 [all numbers encircled]

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
2019.48.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 41-42

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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