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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.41.49.1
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Inserted sheet
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Köln Mediapark/Chatham MA Outer Beach
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
ephemera
Date
1991
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/378500

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Staple and typed black ink on five sheets of paper
Dimensions
27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: page 1, in typed black ink: Massachussetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Visual Studies 40 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachussets 02139 / Office of the Director [letterhead] // May 29 1991 // Prof. Eberhard Zeidler / Zeidler Roberts Partnership / 315 Queen St. W / Toronto, ONT M5V 2X2 / Canada // Dear Eb: // After my phone conversations with you and Thomas Huebner the / following fountain scenario emerges: // 1) I am attaching a rough estimate of costs for making and / installing the sculptural elements, for use by your office in / order to estimate total fountain costs // 2) I shall make illustrating sketches complementing items & / prices of my estimate. I will comment on & surrender these / sketches in Cologne early next week (3/4 VI. '91). Back at CAVS / on Wednesday I shall fax & mail the sketches to you. // 3) Once the fountain budget has been accepted in Cologne we shall / meet in Toronto or Boston to determine "the complete picture" of / the fountain in "live session". // With my sincerest greetings, / Yours, Otto [handwritten] / Otto Piene / Director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies // attached: estimate // Telephone (617) 253-4415
  • inscription: page 2, in typed black ink: Center for Advanced Visual Studies / Massachussetts Institute of Technology / 40 Massachusetts Avenue Building WII / Cambridge, Massachussets 02139 / 617-253-4415 [letterhead] // Prof. Otto Piene May 29,1991 // TO: Zeidler Roberts Partnership / Prof. Eberhard Zeidler / 315 Queen St. W / Toronto, ONT / Canada M5V 2X2 // Star Pit Foundation / Media Park / Cologne // Cost Estimate / Sculptural Elements / (All prices in DM) // A General // steps, surface plaza ZR // water supply ZR // drainage, plumbing ZR // power connections ZR / (light suclpture and stage; / timers; / water pumps) // lighting, emergency lights ZR // B Sculpture // 1. Animated Sculpture // I. Fountain Sculpture/ stainless steel / body 45 / jets/plumbing 45 / montage 7 / base 15 / misc. 10 // 122 130
  • inscription: page 3, in typed black ink: II. Light Sculpture / stainless steel / body 50 / wiring/timing 50 / montage 10 / base 15 / misc. 10 //135 140 // 2. Still Sculpture // a) meterorite [sic] / research/rights 5 / replica/housing 25 / montage 5 / base 5 / misc. 5 // 45 50 // b) coal object / purchase 10 / preparation 10 / montage 5 / base 5 / misc. 5 // 35 40 // c) rock sculpture / (star) / purchase 15 / labor 15 / design (computer) 10 / montage 10 / base 10 / misc. 5 // 65 70 // d) steel sculpture / (star/earth/sphere) / purchase (sphere) 20 / labor 20 / montage 10 / base 10
  • inscription: page 4, in typed black ink: misc. 5 // 65 70 // 3) 3 rocks (incl. "chip") / purchase 25 / labor 5 / montage 10 / base 10 / misc. 5 // 55 60 // f) glass sculpture / possibly on top of light sculpture / purchase 25 / design 5 / montage 5 / base/housing 10 / misc. 5 // 50 60 // g) aluminum sculpture / cast or bolted / (star-wheel) / purchase 20 / design 5 / montage 5 / base 5 / misc. 5 // 40 40 // h) ocean objects / purchase 15 / replication 10 / montage 5 / bases 10 / misc. 5 // 45 50
  • inscription: page 5, in typed black ink: C Process // 1) Transport / shipping 40 / trucking 25 / cranes/scaffolding 35 // 100 100 // 2) Administration / OP office/communication / 5 / travel 10 / CAVS office 15 // 30 30 // 3) Labor / CAVS (crating) 15 / Cologne / electric/water / connections / additional foundations / and site preparations 20 // 35 35 // 4.) misc. labor 10 10 // D. Honoraria / OP 100 100 / staff / assistants - DDF/Cologne 30 / Grot./CAVS-MIT 25 55 // E. Misc. ttl 25 25 // taxes included DM 1,055,000

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
2019.41.49.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Between pages 97 and 98

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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