2019.16.81: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered poem on notepaper, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.16.81

People

Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)

Title

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered poem on notepaper, 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/380669

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue pen on personal notepaper, adhesive, and colored marker on paper

Dimensions

open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.8 cm (14 × 22 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: On adhered note, in blue pen: IV.29.79 // Rhythm / and / Blues // One not so sudden / day / The world ble up / with everything and every- / body / going dead / And God / who - we remember - / is omniscient / despite the complicated / universe / spoke / That'll teach them
• inscription: Letterhead on note in red printed ink: Otto Piene / RFD 2 Bullethole Road / Brewster, NY 10509

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

2019.16.81

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 161-162

Related Works

• 2019.16

  Otto Piene

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

  Drawings

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