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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.29
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered notes of text, 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/377025

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on sheets of paper adhered to sketchbook paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.9 × 61.6 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top sheet, in black marker: -- 3 // 1.) Die Bohrungen der / 16 Seitenflächen sind / alle ⌀ 7mm / 2.) Die Bohrungen der / 4 Deckenflächen sind alle 12 mm ⌀ / 3.) Die Verschraubungen / (Linsenkopfschrauben mit / schlitz oder Linsenkopf-inbus- / schrauben) liegen "auf Reihe" / mit den Bohrungen
  • inscription: Second sheet, in black marker: 4 // 4.) Der Rahmen besteht / aus 4cm-Vierkantrohr / 5.) Die Verscharubungen / liegen jeweils 1cm von / Außenkante vierkant- / rohr, bzw. Mittelachse / Vierkantrohr (bei "Kreus"), / also <--1cm und 1cm/1cm // Ihr fax bezüglich Verfügbarkeit der / Plannen mit Bohrungen am 16. Juni / erhalten und OK - O.P.

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
2019.48.29
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 57-58

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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