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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.53
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (annotated sketches and bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (annotated sketches, 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/374953

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 39.2 × 55.9 cm (15 7/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, annotations around sketches, in black marker:: "wind / garden" / around / P // pole / weather / vane / wind / sculptures // where is the / sun all day / all year? // canopy ! // minerals / artifacts // traffic // traffic // P // existing landscp. // canopy // exising landscaping // Calder // rock / garden / pools // dro[p] off
  • inscription: Right page, annotations around designs, in black marker:: foot traffic / parking etc. // Constitution Ave // Calder --> // Canopy // P // 14th / St. // Madison Dr. // 12th / St. // Canopy // rock garden & pools [encircled] // plants, flowers, trees // Parkgin // <-- big wheel? // indentation / for / limousines / (cars) / buses / -drop off- // modest / access / for handicapped, / ambulance, / fire dept., / police / panic exit // P / exit? / entry? // enter at / corners ? / drive along / buildings ? // P

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
2019.7.53
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 105-106

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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