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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.16.72
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes on work titles on adhered sheet, left page); Untitled (notes on work titles on adhered sheet, 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
1979
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/380660

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker and black pen on paper, adhesive, and colored markers on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.8 cm (14 × 22 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black marker across adhered sheet:: "perfect pudendum" / "Winged Eye" / "Hot Pod" / "Fire Ball" / "Visit Canada" / "Haty Rainbow" / Splendid Star
  • inscription: right page, adhered sheet, in black pen: "Sternvater" / "Lucky Star" / Eruption / Malheur d'or / Can't Count / Full Moon / Flying Saucer / Flower Fire / Shooting Star / Silver Star // "Visit Canada" / "Red Halo" / "Black Nun of the Orange Galaxy"
  • inscription: right sketchbook page, in black marker: tryouts of markers / L.P. II.16.'79

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
2019.16.72
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 143-144

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