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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.48.47
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and designs for light sculptures, left page); Untitled (blank back endpaper with price tag, 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/377043

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker, pen, and adhesive label 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 marker: Herr / Liebert / Bonn
  • inscription: left page, in pen: Lichttafeln / + 3 Lichtplastiken // Plexiglas- / modell // 9.88 m [high] // A[illegible] / Bundesbaudirektion / Bonn über / Behmisch & / Partner / Architekten 1. Oktober / Übergabetermin // STGT. / 25-III.'92 // + Kosten f. Reisen / etc.

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
2019.48.47
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 93-94

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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