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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.60.76
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (notes and bleed-through of following page, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Light Sculptures/Poster Designs/“Flying People”/Dresden/Maine/Greece
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2000
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/378285

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.9 × 51.8 cm (14 1/8 × 20 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: Prague VIII-11-'00 w. Vit Havranek / OP exh. & sky events / ca. May-Aug. 2.002 / i.t. historic City Gallery bldg. / sky project related // "through the ages" (of OP) fr. '51/52 / "funds are there" / light sculptures (Ntl. Galerie Ber.) / et al / document.n (incl. Zero) / TPOTS performances (some new slides!) / Corona Borealis / filament sc.s? // [Svoboda / lives w. i. Prague / Laterna Magica, / new technical / work] // sky sculpt.s? / incl. bldg., / main plaza / river / sky events / ("Denkmalpflege"!) // Budapest? // Jen d. P. / Grenoble / Vienna / H.d. K. Mch. / ?

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
2019.60.76
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 151-152

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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