2019.16.83: Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (adhered Icarus sketch, right page)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.16.83

People

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

Title

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (adhered Icarus sketch, 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/380671

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Colored marker and pen on paper, adhesive, and black marker on paper

Dimensions

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

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Left page, in black marker: --> / on the / plane / tram / (Des Moines-->) / - Grand Rapids / --> Detroit / --> Boston / (returning from / Ames/Iowa / where I flew / - with animated, / enthusiastic / local I-S-U- team --> / "IOWA STAR" / (white) (V-5-'79) / V-8-'79
• inscription: Right page, on adhered sheet, in black marker: ICARUS

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

2019.16.83

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 165-166

Related Works

• 2019.16

  Otto Piene

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

  Drawings

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