Hurricane | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1991.185
People: Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title: Hurricane
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1975
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/221322

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, acrylic(?), soot, plant matter and hair, flame-treated on paper and adhered to blue paper board

Dimensions

sight: 112.5 x 72 cm (44 5/16 x 28 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.: Piene 75
inscription: l.l., in graphite: "Hurricane"
inscription: l.r., in graphite: O Piene [Piene encircled] 75

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Copyright: © Otto Piene Estate
Accession Year: 1991
Object Number: 1991.185
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Erika Gemar Költzsch, German Marks: Postwar Drawings and Prints Donated to the Busch-Reisinger Museum through the German Art Dealers Association, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), pp. 33, 142-143, cat. no. 91, ill. (color & b/w)

Exhibition History

32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/20/2022 - 04/24/2023

Subjects and Contexts

Animating the Page

Verification Level

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1991.185: Hurricane