2019.16.8: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.16.8

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

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1978

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/380596

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: placed them over the / audience, on the valley / ridges above, up the / slopes / Linking them up to form / a sausage arch of ca. / 1.000 to 1.200' over the / valley & audience / Wind blowing strongly / across valley towards / bldgs. / eventually tearing one / end off its anchor / long composite tube flying / happiily across valley lengthwise / & toward & above bldgs. / (wind very strong now) / Pulling in the whole / thing (duration 11AM --> 530PM) / --->

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

2019.16.8

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 15-16

Related Works

• 2019.16

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: arcosanti/Grand Rapids Carousel - referred to as "Boston Commons"

  Drawings

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