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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.21.45
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and sketches on 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/381347

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: re-grouping of objects: // 1. wind sculptures & wind socks // 2. a air-inflated sculptures / b air-inflated flowers / on / ground // 3. flower houses on ground // 4. flying flower houses // 5. flying flowers // 6. flying sculptures // 7. a sky symphoneis / b sky operas / c sky theater/theater in the sky // 5 [encircled]
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen: [numbers 1-7 corresponding to titles on left page] // 6 [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
2019.21.45
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 89-90

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