Otto Piene

b. 1928

Otto Piene German, 1928-2014

Timeline

Born 1928

1930s

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (house, right page)

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (text, crossed out, right page)

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (small sketches of ducks, trees, wagons, etc., right page)

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (winter landscape with horse-drawn carriage and woman walking dog, right page)

+26

1940s

Untitled (sun above forrest, left page); Untitled (sketch of seated woman [artist's aunt], right page)

Untitled (bridge over Weser River in Minden, left page); Untitled (seated male figure at table, right page)

Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's uncle, right page)

Untitled (animal sleeping, left page); Untitled (portrait of artist's aunt, right page)

+113

1950s

L'Or et le Noir

1958

Pure Energy, I

Light Graphic

1959

Untitled

1960s

1961

Light Ballet

1964

Plate (folio 8) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern)

1964

Plate (folio 5) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern)

1964

Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern)

+39

1970s

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (blank, right page)

Untitled (blank with watercolor, left page); Untitled (blank with watercolor transfer, right page)

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

+872

1980s

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (lion, right page)

Untitled (Chloe's drawing, left page); Untitled (Chloe's drawing, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (tiger, right page)

Inserted printout ["Queen Innuendo" juggler]

+1058

1990s

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (notes, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("Icarus," right page)

Inserted greeting card

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (drawing for Portugal, right page)

+742

2000s

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view of "Red Beach," right page)

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled ("light tower" sketch, right page)

Inserted sheet

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (view of "crater from Ia," right page)

+432

2010s

Sketchbook: Sun Eureka Berlin/"Mies Berlin"/Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie/John Cage/Groton

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (blank, right page)

Untitled (note and bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (itinerary notes, right page)

Untitled ("Lichtplastiken" (Light Sculptures) with notes and bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (blue marks, right page)

+97

Works

3,530 artworks

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (ring motif designs, right page)

, 1974

Inserted paper towel

, 1974

Otto Piene

Timeline

Works

Untitled (blank, left page); Untitled (ring motif designs, right page)

Inserted paper towel

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (barrage balloon design, right page)

Untitled (poster design using bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (C.A.V.S. poster designs, right page)

Untitled (page layout design, left page); Untitled (page layout design, right page)

Inserted paper towel

Untitled (sky above prisms projecting from facade atop bleed-through from previous pages, two-page spread)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (ornamental design for coffee pot (for Gropius' Rosenthal design), right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (ornamental design for coffee pot (for Gropius' Rosenthal design), right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (barrage balloon design, right page)

Untitled (color transfer, left page); Untitled (color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (designs, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled (design for t-shirt and color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of abstract watercolor experimentation, left page); Untitled (bleed-through of abstract watercolor experimentation, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("Food" show poster design with color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch of "large painting," right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes and bleed-through of following page, right page)

Inserted paper towel

Hurricane

Untitled (front endpaper with with ink transfer, left page); Untitled (signature, right page)

Untitled (blank with faint color transfer, left page); Untitled (notes with faint color transfer, right page)

Inserted paper towel

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (design for "Food" show poster with color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("Food Show" poster designs, right page)