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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.6.121
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (notes and design, left page); Untitled (blank, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Rosenthal Rainbow Mural/Porcelain Designs/Paintings/"Light Satellite" for Munich Olympics
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1972
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376504

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen
    : III 15 72 / Mike Kinsey / EG & G // (flashing / 50,000,000 / up. peak effective / intensity) // 2 flashing lights / 2 steady-state lights / 55000 / candle power / ea. // S [arrow] // N [arrow]

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
2019.6.121
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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