2000.355: Studies for "White Light Ghosts"
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2000.355
- People
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Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- Studies for "White Light Ghosts"
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Entwürfe für "weiße Lichtgeister"
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1966
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/177498
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite and collage elements on white wove paper
- Technique
- Collage
- Dimensions
- 51 x 73 cm (20 1/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in graphite at u.l.: Piene [encircled] 66
- inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten, German, signed, in artist's hand: Piene 1987 f.N. / Entwürfe für "Weiße Lichtgeister" [f. N =[für Nan]
- blind stamp: l.r.: Schoellerhammer / Hammer 4G
- blind stamp: l.r. (on collage element): Schoellerhammer / Hammer 4G
- inscription: u.l., in graphite: F.N. [possibly stands for "For Nan"] Entwürfe für "weiße Lichtgeister" / O Piene [Piene encircled] 66
- inscription: l.c., in graphite: Real Thing
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Artist created, 1966, gift; to Nan Rosenthal (1966-2000), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2000.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Nan Rosenthal in honor of the Artist
- Copyright
- © Otto Piene Estate
- Accession Year
- 2000
- Object Number
- 2000.355
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- "Entwürfe für Weißegeister" (Studies for "White Light Ghosts") by Otto Piene are presented on one sheet of paper, using collaged paper elements glued to the paper support, and graphite.
Subjects and Contexts
- Animating the Page
Verification Level
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