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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.64.63
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/378564

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and red 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: to use given energy / electric / fossil - coal, oil, gas / wind / solar / thermal / cosmic / tidal / other light // a giant / thermometer / a rotating / insular * / platform / an events / island / a sound island / (natural / and / music) / a light / island / (optical) / a fire island / a Soto island / (hommage / to R.J.S.) // * "cranked" ? // to generate --> / energy / "self- / sufficiently" : / human / energy / that translates / (transmits, / transposes, / transliterates) / into / "industrial" / energy / EXAMPLE: / a children's / merry-go-round / generating electric / energy which enhances / & "explains" the / merry-go-round & / the generator // The merry-go-round / ("MGR!") will be designed / including kinetic / effects and a didactic / program -->

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
2019.64.63
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 125-126

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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