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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.15.116
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (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/373252

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and felt-tipped pen on paper
Dimensions
approx. 35.6 × 55.9 cm (14 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: In black felt-tipped pen:: draw / positives / I-17-'79 // IB. Fireplaces & Surrdg. Snowscape / IID. Birds & Snowgeese / IVA. Windsculptures // draw / negatives / IIA. Olympic Laser Images / IIB. Stars & Mythological / Figures of the Galaxy . IIC. Snowflakes & Crystals (use / photo / cutouts) / IIIA. Burning Rainbow / IIIC. Helium Arches & / White Spider // cutouts (from blackpaper) / IA. Olympic Beacon / IIIB. Olympic Stars / IVC. Laseer Space Play // photos / IIID. Sky Flowers / IIIE. Firefly Ballet / IVB. Candlelight Event

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
2019.15.116
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 231-232

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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