2003.2: L'Or et le Noir
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.2
- People
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Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- L'Or et le Noir
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1957, reworked 1967
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/97372
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black paint sprayed over gold leaf and oil on canvas mounted to wood
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 26.2 cm (7 x 10 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in black ink on verso at u.c.: Piene (encircled)
- inscription: On verso, l.l., black ink, handwritten, French, in artist's hand: "L'OR ET LE NOIR"
- inscription: On verso, c.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 57/67
- inscription: On verso, l.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 7. (encircled)
- inscription: on frame at l.l., graphite, handwritten: 1159/XL
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Nan Rosenthal, New York, NY, Gift of the artist, 1967, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Nan Rosenthal in honor of James Cuno
- Copyright
- © Otto Piene Estate
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/12/2017 - 04/12/2018
Subjects and Contexts
- Animating the Page
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