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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.9.8
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (lines and checkmark, left page); Untitled (page layout design, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Partial Manuscript for "Otto Piene: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgrafik 1960-76"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
ca. 1974-1976
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376577

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored marker and green pen on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 29.1 × 56.5 cm (11 7/16 × 22 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On post-it, in blue ink, removed from cover: Otto Piene, Sketchbook No. 8, 29 x 29 cm.
  • inscription: left page, u.l., in black marker: 220
  • inscription: right page, u.r., in black marker: 221 // XXI: Melanchonthon, / Vive la France // OP
  • inscription: right page, in blue marker: 21
  • inscription: right page, in green marker [encircled in blue marker]: X / on / Melanchthon / Vive la France / etc. / HEADS
  • inscription: right page, in green pen: Braun // Titel / ? // Melanchthon

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
2019.9.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 15-16

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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