2019.16.82: Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (adhered poem on notepaper, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.16.82

People

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

Title

Untitled (blank, 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

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1979

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/380670

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Blue pen on adhered sheet and adhesive 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: I looked at my face reflected by the / inside panel of a Swiss / railroad compartment and saw / what happened to the grimaces / I made as the[scratched out] night windows / of the [crossed out] trains to [written over in black pen] to Munich trains[crossedout] / Thirty years ago - / To look old enough & important / Apparently they stayed engraved, / [line crossed out:] in inside glass panes of / migrated, proliferated / and waited for me

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

2019.16.82

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 163-164

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

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