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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.16.8
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: arcosanti/Grand Rapids Carousel - referred to as "Boston Commons"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1978
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/380596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black marker on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 35.6 × 56.8 cm (14 × 22 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: In black marker: placed them over the / audience, on the valley / ridges above, up the / slopes / Linking them up to form / a sausage arch of ca. / 1.000 to 1.200' over the / valley & audience / Wind blowing strongly / across valley towards / bldgs. / eventually tearing one / end off its anchor / long composite tube flying / happiily across valley lengthwise / & toward & above bldgs. / (wind very strong now) / Pulling in the whole / thing (duration 11AM --> 530PM) / --->

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
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.16.8
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 15-16

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