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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
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 161-162

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