L'Or et le Noir | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.2
People: Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title: L'Or et le Noir
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1957, reworked 1967
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/97372

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black paint sprayed over gold leaf and oil on canvas mounted to wood

Dimensions

17.8 x 26.2 cm (7 x 10 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in black ink on verso at u.c.: Piene (encircled)
inscription: On verso, l.l., black ink, handwritten, French, in artist's hand: "L'OR ET LE NOIR"
inscription: On verso, c.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 57/67
inscription: On verso, l.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 7. (encircled)
inscription: on frame at l.l., graphite, handwritten: 1159/XL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Nan Rosenthal, New York, NY, Gift of the artist, 1967, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Nan Rosenthal in honor of James Cuno
Copyright: © Otto Piene Estate
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.2
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/12/2017 - 04/12/2018

Subjects and Contexts

Animating the Page

Verification Level

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2003.2: L'Or et le Noir