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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.64.9
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (adhered photocopy of pages from 1965 Howard Wise "Light Ballet" catalog and notes, two-page spread)
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/378510

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen, 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: handwritten black pen across photocopies and sketchbook pages:
    OP Howard Wise "Light Ballet" '65 // OP / Groton / '65 // glass / table / @ OP / Groton / '65 // bought / by / Lannan / Fdn. / '65 // bought / by / Tiger / Morse / NYC / (friend: / Chip / Monk) // 1-4 built by / Treitel-Gratz N.Y.C. // '65 / OP / DDF. // '65 / Lannon / Fdn. / --> / MIT / Collection // '65 / OP / Groton // '65 / OP / Groton // 5-8 built by Fa. Dreste DDF. / (defunct)

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
2019.64.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 17-18

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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