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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.67.34
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes on ceramic work ["The Flame"] continued, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Düsseldorf/Horses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
2007
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372392

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 27.9 × 46.4 cm (11 × 18 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black pen: "bulbs" vertically stacked but ca. / rotated @ 120° intervals ar[oun]d. v[ertical]. ax[is]. / wattage? (500 W ca. ?) / 1,500 W ttl. // drawing/sketches by / Rademacher? // Jess' cell ph. : / 0177-614 8272 // in Celle 14 . IX . '07 / --> OP homage by OB + Ro Si / ("Feüerwerk" steel sculptures / finished; light beam still / too weak, to be completed w. better / (stronger) light source in 1-2 / mo [??].s. // meanwhile in Moers/Rheinpreüs- / sen/RVR-Land: "Geleucht" [in red marker] / last light test on Sept. 11. Tuesday / very successful; only lighting / of hook (top) incomplete (will / be ready for opening Mon / Sept. 17 (with a "Volksfest")

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
2019.67.34
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 67-68

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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