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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.23
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Honolulu/Food Show/Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1974
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374923

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 39.2 × 55.9 cm (15 7/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page; blue pen: [cont. from 2019.7.22] houtted agains the left and / right portion of the wall / the middle area lends it- / self favorably to a wall / sculpture. / This field sculpture will / consist of ca. 150 stainless steel rods, / of lengths varying fr [strikethrough] between / 1 and five feet, each with / an optically potent high-lead- / content-glass prism mounted / on its tip. The rods will from / a cluster of horizontally pro- / truding STAR STICKS. Thier arrange- / ment will follow an astron- / onmical star cluster the image / of which will be contributed by / scientists of the U of H
  • inscription: Right page; blue pen: Inst. of Astronomy (the clients). / During the daytime the sun / will cast long shadows of the / rods on the wall painted in / an off-white color, and the [strikethrough] / sunlight will also cast spectral / projections caused by [strikethrough] originating from the prisms / onto the wall and other sur- / faces of the courtyard. The / shadows and specrtra will change [strikethrough] wander / (and dissappear and reappear [carroted in]) as the positions of the sun - and / weather - change - thus / bringing on [strikethrough] emphasizing seasonal and time / changes. / The ocnfigurations of the prisms will be calculated by / Inst. of Astr. personnel who / will also advise on further detail / of lighting that is to support [strikethrough] enhance / night time effects of the field [cont. 2019.7.24]

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
2019.7.23
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 45-46

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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