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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.64.4
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (adhered sketch of light sculptures, left page); Untitled (adhered sketch of "Neon Cube" and 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/378505

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen, paper, and adhesive on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.4 × 57.2 cm (14 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen on adhered sheet: further Neon Cube [dimensions and bulb amounts] // Neon / Würfel
  • inscription: right page, in black pen on adhered sheet: [calculations] // base length of tipped cube / 6 1/3 cm (in proportion / w. illustration scale)

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
2019.64.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 7-8

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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