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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.43
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
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1992
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377039

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.9 × 61.6 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen: 1989 // 1990 "Dialogue de Têtes" Reims / "Benjamin Franklin" ; triple head // ARTTRANSITION '90 / CAVS/MIT / "Benjamin Franklin"; triple head // 1991 // 1992 "Milwaukee Anemone" in Copenhagen / "Milwaukee Anemone" in Cologne
  • inscription: right page, in black pen: 1993 CAVS 25th anniversary CAVS/MIT / "Red Cross for Sarajevo" / "Flying Cello" // 1994 "Milwaukee Anemone" // Hetjens Museum / Inst. Fra.çs. / DDF.

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
2019.48.43
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 85-86

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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