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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.31
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Sketch for the 1967 performance at the Walker Art Center entitled "The Proliferation of the Sun"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1967
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222115

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, graphite and gouache on paper
Dimensions
23.2 x 58.4 cm (9 1/8 x 23 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right: Piene 67
  • inscription: l.r., in black ink: O Piene [Piene encircled] 67

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jan van der Marck
Copyright
© Otto Piene Estate
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.31
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Between the Viewer and the Work: Encounters in Space. Essays on ZERO Art, ZERO Foundation (Düsseldorf, 2019), p. 85, fig. 1, ill. (b/w)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

Verification Level

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