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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.16.7
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
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: arcosanti/Grand Rapids Carousel - referred to as "Boston Commons"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1978
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/380595

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.8 cm (14 × 22 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black marker: SAT., OCT. 7, '78, 11AM ----> / 2.) "Parade of Arches" / involving valley, bluffs, / stage, audience, mesa & / evertyhing & "everybody" / (lots of participants in / changing configurations / Blowing up ca. 10 arcs / on the Arcosanti side mesa / (near "the approach", i.e. / near the "visitors' parking / lot" / Carrying them down the / dirt road into the valley / (ea. one ca. 200-250' long / clear polyeth. tb.s) / Making a splendid parade / into & then past the stage / & amphitheater. People / --->

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
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.16.7
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 13-14

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