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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.9
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook
Date
ca. 1974-1976
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/363139

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mixed media
Dimensions
29.1 × 29.6 × 2.1 cm (11 7/16 × 11 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On post-it; blue ink, removed from cover: Otto Piene, Sketchbook No. 8, 29 x 29 cm.
  • inscription: back cover; black pen [all numbers encircled]: 1 Rose oder Stern & the Likes / 2 Editionen & [symbol for rainbow] & Vulkan / 3 Series of themes / 4 Sky Art & O.P., SKY ART, deutsch / 5 PAX posters / 6 Tele-Serie, Format, Leuchtfarben, also Blue Tornado, etc./ 7 On size , (70 x 100) 100 x 70 / 8 on Heseler & Kroll & H.-Kataloge / 9 Feuerflora / 10 On Butterflies & the Likes / 11 On Lichtballett, incl. W & S / 12 [symbol for Olympic rings] & Kroll & Heseler -- / 13 Text Regenbogen & Iris / 14 Addis Abeba & [Edition] Merien [Krefeld]; mention misc. others / incl/ Siebdrucktechn. printers / 15 R. A. Gedichte; [Guido] Hildebrandt Bücher; Typograf [Tünn] Konerding / 16 On manipulated prints after gouaches etc. / 17 Geier, vultures, Brewster / 18 On Hawaii / 19 Beck Erlange & print exhib.s / 20 On Melanchthon, Vive le France etc.; heads
  • inscription: back cover; blue marker [line crossing through text diagonally]: <-- S. neue / Liste

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
Copyright
© Otto Piene Estate
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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