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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.64.2
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (adhered sheet, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Title: Sketchbook: Light Sculptures/Geleucht/Siena “Red Horse”/Istanbul
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
2003
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/378503

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue marker, opaque watercolor, black pen, paper, black marker, and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.4 × 57.2 cm (14 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left adhered page, in black pen: multiple Zikaden / Musik aus / St. Veran Lacoste // 2/3-VII-'03
  • inscription: right page, in black marker: Groton, MA / VIII '03 / Lichtplastiken / alt ('72) / '65 / '69 // neu / '03

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
2019.64.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 3-4

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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