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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.28.14
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and pasted-in note with postal receipt, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: "Retrospective of Inflatables"/"Tobago faces"/Landscapes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1984
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375953

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue pen on notecard, black pen on postal receipt, adhesive, and black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 37.6 × 58.4 cm (14 13/16 × 23 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Left page, bottom half, in black pen: further perspective / mentioned : / specific [???] sculptures / for particular occasions / configurations of rainbows / leading to sky ballets / etc.
  • inscription: Right page, u.l. column, in black pen: all / depending / on: 1.) no. of / sc.s chosen / 2.) kind & / extent of / donations / 3.) size & / strength of support crew
  • inscription: Right page, in black pen: DDF., VII-18-'84 // costs consist of / rent … see list / helium … depending / on resources / (donations?) / polythylene … see list / blowers … borro / rent / or buy / to spec.s / cables … borrow or buy / ropes … buy or / solicit / misc. mat.s / & services ... carpentry / cargin / local trucking / shipping ... (ca. 6.000, donated / by / airl[ine].s / --> 15.000 / local crew ... 2-3 job / captains / + 20-120 corps / documentation / photo, video, TV, / film / O P (no fee beyond rent) / per diems: $ 100 a day / ticket(s) ? (don[ate].d / by airline) /$100-a-day / ca. / no / addtl. / fees // 1 ass.t up to 3 sc.s / 2 " "s " 5 " / 3 " 6+ sc.s

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
2019.28.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 27-28

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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