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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.21.42
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes about Linz project, two-page spread)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Blue Flower/Linz/Caged inflatables
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1980
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381344

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.7 × 55.9 cm (14 1/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen: LINZ / DONAULÄNDE // bldgs // land- / scaped / area / ca. / 30 m // grass / strip / w. / sculpt.s / ca. / 30 m // Danube / <--- 200 m // <--200 m --> / bridge // pier / Danube / 50 m // 100 / [arrow down] // 200 [down arrow] <-- [Bernhard] Luginbühl // 300 [down arrow] <-- [Erwin] Reiter // Bruckner / Haus / 100 m / <-- [David] Rabinowitch // 400 [down arrow] <-- [Donald] Judd // [T???el] hotel / 500 m [down arrow] [Piotr] Kowalski // [Klaus] Rinke // [Günther] Uecker // <--200m
  • inscription: right page, in black pen: flying flowers / flower houses / flying flower houses / symphonies / air-inflated flowers etc. // wind sculptures / wind socks // flying flowers / existing objects: / flowers // Minor Black Rose / Mayor Black Rose / Milwaukee Anemone / Brussels Flower // stars / Blue Star Linz / Iowa Star // 2 [encircled]

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
2019.21.42
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 83-84

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