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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.64.49
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, 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
2005
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/378550

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.4 × 57.2 cm (14 5/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: Istanbul / 3-I-'05 // @ Hotel Savoy / on Taksim // Elizabeth / is having / a serious / eye hemorrhage / (beginning @ / 9:30 pm on I-2-'05 / in a good lively / Turkish / restaurant / (still going on) / We'll call Jerry / (Dr.) Cavallerano @ Justin / shortly // drawing from / hotel room / window; / view of / Bosphorus

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
2019.64.49
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 97-98

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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