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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.30
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank with stray mark, left page); Untitled (notes on sky events, 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/377026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.9 × 61.6 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black marker [with notes in black pen]: Les Beaumettes / 5-VII-'92 // Atempts to list all sky events // '61 Zero ZERO DDF. [in black pen: "<-- home-made / hot air / balloon / "The Proliferation o. t. Sun" // '62 "0 x 0 + Kunst" Arnheim/Arnhem / Rheinwiesen [in black pen: "<-- home-made / hot air bal."] // '66 Harvard lect. "Tomorrow / & t. Rainbow" / "The Proliferation o t Sun", Black / Gate / NYC // '67 Dortmund projects / & drawings / also "Pneumatische Lichtblume" / N[urem]b[er]g. "Die Sonne kommt näher"

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
2019.48.30
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 59-60

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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