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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.25
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (adhered aerial sketch of building and "Star Cluster," left page); Untitled (adhered calculations, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Honolulu/Food Show/Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1974
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374925

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue ink and red marker on paper, adhered to paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 39.2 × 55.9 cm (15 7/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, l. r., in blue ink: Implementaion building
  • inscription: Left page, in blue ink:: courtyard situation
  • inscription: Right page, in blue ink:: Hawaii // 4 - 45 - 74
  • inscription: Right page, left column, in blue ink:: 130 / 4, 35 / 650 / 390 / 520 / 585, 50 [encircled]
  • inscription: Right page, right column, in blue ink:: rods $ 600 / sheet / for /frames 200 / bolts 65 / drill bits 100 / labor 1,000 / polishing * 500 // $2,465.00 // shipping? 1,500.00 // Dreste [?] / for frames / (labor (3,000.00 ? / 4,000.00 ?) // * $900.00 / as of 5 - 2 - 7

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
2019.7.25
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 49-50

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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