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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.7.121
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, 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/375021

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and purlpe pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 39.2 × 55.9 cm (15 7/16 × 22 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, u.c., in black marker:: LOOK INTO SHARING COSTS / WITH WITH[CROSSED OUT] SAARBRÜCKEN TV
  • inscription: Left page, l.c., in purple pen:: FOR THE SAKE OF / VISUAL ATTRACTIVENESS: / POLYETHYLENE ! // 4-25-74
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen:: Raven / same balloon from Raven / out of rubber/polyureth. // $ 2,970.00 // 390 [symbol for pound weight] gross lift / rubber bal. weighs 70 [symbol for pound weight] / polyeth. " " 20 [symbol for pound weight] / cost of helium in / both cases // ca. 38 cyl. / at / 180 cu' m. // 14 00 [crossed out / cyl. of helium / in Aspen $23.50 // two Winzen / bal.s of polyeth. / at 1.500 ea. // 3.000 / two fillings / of helium / 2.000 / 5.000 // Raven / + helium / 3, 300.00 / 1.000,- / 4,300.00

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
2019.7.121
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 241-242

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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