2019.40.27: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

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

sketchbook page, drawing

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

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Pages 53-54

Related Works

• 2019.40

  Otto Piene

  Sketchbook: Mediapark/Minatour

  Drawings

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