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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.41.47
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (two pasted-in designs 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/378430

Physical Descriptions

Medium
B/w photocopies and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.4 × 57.2 cm (14 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top photocopy [which is a copy of 2019.41.16], handwritten notes, in black ink: Boston, 20-I-'91 // Cologne fountain // Media Park // Blatt / 3 [encircled] / Ausgangskonzept (1.Zustand) / P.
  • inscription: bottom photocopy, handwritten notes, in black ink: Pool as / childrens' fountain // small / bubblers // 1 m. spray / fountain // "flying" fountain // Blatt 4 [encircled] Niveaustudie (2.Zustand)

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
2019.41.47
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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