2019.41.45: Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (pasted-in design for "STARPIT," right page)

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

drawing, sketchbook page

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

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 89-90

Subjects and Contexts

• Animating the Page

Related Works

• 2019.41

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Köln Mediapark/Chatham MA Outer Beach

  Drawings

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