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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.15.110
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (adhered notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook, Lake Placid: Snow Birds, Minotaurs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1978
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373246

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen and red marker on yellow ruled paper adhered to paper
Dimensions
approx. 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Top page, in black pen:: 1 [encircled] drawings & photos // I.13.79 // 1.) IA Olympic Beacon / 2.) IB. Five places & Surrounding / Snowscape // 3.) IIA. Olympic Laser Images / 4.) IIB> Stars & Mythological / Figures of the Galazy / 5.) IIC. Snowflakes & Crystals / 6.) IID. Birds & Snowgeese // 7/) IIIA. Burning Rainbow / 8.) IIIB. Olympic Star / 9.) IIIC. Hlium Arches & / White Spider // --2[encircled]--
  • inscription: In red marker:: D // D // D // D, COLLAGE // COLLAGE // D // D // D // DD PH[crossed out]
  • inscription: Bottom page in black pen:: 2 [encircled] // 10.) IIID. Sky Flowers / 11.) IIIE. Firefly Ballet // 12.) IVA. Wind Sculptures / 13.) IVB. Candlelight Event / 14.) IVC. Laser Space Play
  • inscription: Bottom page, in red marker:: D PH // D / Ph. Ph. // D, PH / 8 x 10 // D, PH. [crossed out] C. / ? // D

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
2019.15.110
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 219-220

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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