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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.2.10
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (Rückenfigur seated in field, left page); Untitled (interior scene with two figures, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbooks: Childhood and Wartime Sketches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1940-1943
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/373417

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, colored pencil, white chalk, and charcoal on paper
Dimensions
open (approx): 15.6 × 43.2 cm (6 1/8 × 17 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, l.r., in graphite: 22.7.43
  • inscription: right page, u.c., in graphite: Lübbecke 30.12.40 OP [graphic signature] / Expressionismus? // [illegible]

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
2019.2.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 19-20

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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