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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.41.45
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (pasted-in design for "STARPIT," right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Köln Mediapark/Chatham MA Outer Beach
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1991
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/378428

Physical Descriptions

Medium
B/w photocopy and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.4 × 57.2 cm (14 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black ink, handwritten notes: OP / CAVS/MIT / 28-III-'91 // metal / light / sculpture / (perforated / "pure cube") // metal / water / sculpture / (perforated / cube on point) //small / stone (or / composite / stone) / "meteorite" / stone[scirbbled out] / sculptures / (some coal / & metal / ?) // "STARPIT" / (fountain / revised) // continuation / of plaza pattern / red granite field / or the black basalt / feature starp. // stage area / reversed pattern.

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
2019.41.45
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 89-90

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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