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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.16.66
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous pages, left page); Untitled (adhered page of notes and sketches atop 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
1979
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/380654

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red marker on paper, adhesive, black and red marker, and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.8 cm (14 × 22 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On adhered paper, in red marker: cone w. hand tip / or foot tip // "umbrella top" / with loops sewn in // umbrella bottom
  • inscription: Right page, in black marker and black pen: <-- XI 16 78 / TITLE / "CAROUSEL" / * // *I-17.79 ** / not executed for / First Night 78/79 / for lack of funds // flew "Milwaukee / Anemone" / instead during / the day of XII-31-'78 / in Boston Common. // ** / "Carousel" flew / beautifully in / Grand Rapids 1979 / [upward pointing arrow] / then N.Y.C.

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
2019.16.66
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 131-132

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