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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.33
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, 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
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1992
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377029

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: '70 Citything Pittsburgh, PA / "Citything Sky Ballet" / 16-IV-'70 skythings, flags & banners / 18-IV-'70 "Manned Helium / Sculpture" (Susan Peters) / --equilibrium-- / Pt. State Park / [arrow pointing between entries for 16th and 18th April] 17-IV-'70 "Red Helium Sky Line" / (off "One Center Plaza" ?) / w. 40 schools, colleges, u[niversi].ties o. Pbgh, PA / 22-V-'70 "Washington Sky Event" / Ntl. Mall, Wa. DC / f. CAVS/MIT w. / Ntl. Collection o Fine Arts / also: wind sculpt.s install.n / @ Ntl. Coll. o. Fine A.s / ? wind sc.s Minneapolis? / '70 contd. -->
  • inscription: in black pen: Bundesgartenschau

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
2019.48.33
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 65-66

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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