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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.22
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" on adhered fax copy and group sequence, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Light Sculptures/Notes on Past Sky Events
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1992
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377018

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker and blue pen, fax paper, and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.9 × 61.6 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on adhered paper: '92 // OP Waser- / Kubus / Brunnen / "STARPIT" / Media Park // Groton, Ma / 30-V-'92 / fax US 508-448.6716 // Entsprechend Zeichnung / mit Nummern für Düsen / sind jetxt die 5 Druck- / gruppen wie folgt verteilt: / Gruppen: 1: 14, Nr. 1 [encircled] - 14 [encircled] / 2: 13 "" 15 [encircled] - 27 [encircled] // 3: 6 "" 28 [encircled] - 33 [encircled] / 4: 13 "" 34 [encircled] - 46 [encircled] / 5:14 "" 47 [encircled] - 60 [encircled]
  • inscription: on sketchbook paper, in black marker: Gruppen 1: / 2: / 3: / 4: / 5:
  • inscription: on sketchbook paper, in blue pen: 1 [encircled] - 14 [encircled] -- 14 / 15 [encircled] - 27 [encircled] --13 / 28 [encircled] - 33 [encircled] --6 / 34 [encircled] - 46 [encircled] --13 / 47 [encircled] - 60 [encircled] --14

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
2019.48.22
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 43-44

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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