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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.21.44
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes about wind sculptures, 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/381346

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: wind sculptures / (bulky) // windsocks * / (tubular & / similar to tubular) // 3 [encircled] // * there is an old record or attempting history / (with drawings) of wind socks from / 1970 or so----find it / objects are in Boston & DDF.
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen: <-- list of existing objects [down arrow] // 4 [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
2019.21.44
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 87-88

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