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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.10.80
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: Food Show/"Boston Celebrations"/Eyes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375590

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.5 cm (14 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page; blue pen: V 22 '75 agreed-upon facts/features / no sheeth [sic] / [scribbled out: helium in center tube / and in outer tubes] / all flags attached to / center tube sleeve / [scribbled out: middle center tube / double wall] / binoculars / two or three winches / -- coordinated / tubes folded to one width / air mattress / (vertical quilt) / inflate w. helium / organ pipes pattern
  • inscription: Right page; blue pen: V 22 75 / data needed to give to MR / MM / NOW: / size of flags // ca. / (15-20) / porous / mat.l // (no. of flags) / length (Pru.[dential] height) // 305 lbs mat. / 150 ld. tapes / 200 flags / 655 lbs / + wind forces / from Juan / + M.I.T. // 3 mil / mat. / 350 lbs / of lift [?] / per tube / 1050 lbs / for three tubes

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
2019.10.80
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 159-160

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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