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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.40.27
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Mediapark/minatour
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1990
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/382405

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.9 × 52.7 cm (14 1/8 × 20 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black marker: urban context / ? / (cathedral; / traffic; / garages) // image / buildings / sculptural / architecture / o.t. past: / Hermanns- / denkmal / Porta Westfalia / Statue of Liberty / Einsteinturm / "environmental / installation" / - Bavaria
  • inscription: right page, in black marker: Glass / pavillions / o. t. past: / Crystal Palace / Paxton pavillions / Taut Werbd. Cologne '08 Bruno Taut / Frei Otto, Tanzbrrunnen // ad 1 star on/is tower top

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
2019.40.27
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 53-54

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