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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.15.113
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page with notes, left page); Untitled (notes and small project sketches, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook, Lake Placid: Snow Birds, Minotaurs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1978
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373249

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and felt-tipped pens on paper
Dimensions
approx. 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, in black marker:: I-15.79 / 1[encircled] IA. Olympic Beacon / 2[encircled] IB. Fireplaces & Surrouding Snowscape / 3[encircled] IIA. Olympic Laser / Images / 4[encircled] IIB. Stars& Mythological / Figures of the / Galaxy / ** <--- / 5[encircled] IIIA. Burning Rainbow / 6[encircled] IIIB. Olympic Star / 7[encircled] IIIC. Helium Arches / & / White Spider / 8[encircled] IIID. Sky Flowers / 9[encircled] III e. Firefly Ballet
  • inscription: Left page in red fel-tipped pen:: cutout // --> // cutout // photos // photo / vogel [?] / neg.
  • inscription: Left page, in black felt-tipped pen:: draw / pos. // draw / neg. // draw / neg. // draw / neg // draw / neg
  • inscription: Right page, in black marker:: ** --> / IIC. Snowflakes & 10[encircled] / Crystals / IID. Birds & / Snowgeese 11[encircled] // IVA. Wind Sculptures 12[encircled] / IVB. Candlelight Event 13[encircled] / IV C. Laser Space Play 14[encircled]
  • inscription: Right page in red fel-tipped pen:: --> // --> // cutout / photo / vogel / pos. // -->
  • inscription: Right page, in black felt-tipped pen:: draw / neg. // draw / pos. // draw / pos. //

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
2019.15.113
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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