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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.27.52
People
Otto Piene, German (Laasphe, Westphalia, Germany 1928 - 2014 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, color transfer, notes, and adhered page of measurements, left page); Untitled (rooster designs for screens, right page)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Sketchbook: Tobago/Tète de Defense Paris/Bonn Competition/Japan
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1983
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/376872

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored and metallic marker, black pen, adhered sheet, and adhesive tape on paper
Dimensions
open (approx.): 36.5 × 57.8 cm (14 3/8 × 22 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left page, in black pen, on sketchbook paper: C-I-C / C-I-C / C-I-C
  • inscription: right page, in black marker and pen: superscreen // 85m [x] 85m // 576 fields / 3.5 x 3.5m / 2304 fields / 1.75 x 1.75m // 36 fields / 14 x 14m / 144 fields / 7 x 7m // computerized neon-light color - mix / (3 basic colors) image system / (giant "TV" screen) support raster behind / over!

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
2019.27.52
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pages 103-104

Subjects and Contexts

  • Animating the Page

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Verification Level

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