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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.13.113
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (adhered notes on legal pad and text, left page); Untitled (adhered notes on legal pad and text, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Black Swan/Helium Swan (unrealized project)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1978
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371665

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on ruled paper, adhesive, and black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, ruled paper, in black pen:: 10 AM / 218·5363 [encircled] // 566-3615 // PROF. AUGUST EVERDING / INTENDANT / BAYERISCHE STAASTOPER / MUNICH / GERMANY // ERWARTE IHRE NACHRICHT / ZUM SCHWAN DIESE WOCHE / WEIL DIE AUSF¨UHRUNG SONST / UNMOEGLICH WIRD STOP / GRUESSE / OTTO PIENE // #436 // 3:35 6/12 / DS [signed initals]
  • inscription: Across spread in black marker: : swan / is dying
  • inscription: Right page, ruled paper recto: : VI II 78 / 2 P.M. [encircled] / A.: / Pl. call Prof. Everding's / office (secr. Frau Kummer) / to tell them that I need / a telegram in response / to mine concerning / the SWAN / (do they or do they not / want it? I can only / do it if I know now ) / Thx, O / (I can not call them / again because I'll be in D.C. now) // over
  • inscription: Right page, ruled paper, verso: : # / 9-011-49-89-2185363 / today at / ca. 2 PM / (19 h their time) // 6/13 - 2 P.M. / TELEGRAMM HEUTE MORGEN / AUFGEGEBEN "SCHWAN" - LAßT SICH AUS / VERSCHIEDENEN GRÜNDEN IM / MOMENT NICHT VERWIRKLICHEN / [signed initals] DS

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
2019.13.113
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 225-226

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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