2019.16.8: Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2019.16.8
- People
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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
- sketchbook page, drawing
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Pages 15-16
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Verification Level
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