Otto Piene

b. 1928

Otto Piene German, 1928-2014

Timeline

Born 1928

1930s

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 (house, right page)

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

+26

1940s

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

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

Untitled (man in domestic interior, left page); Untitled (profile portrait of artist's uncle [Erich Pietschmann], right page)

Untitled ("Our Building", left page); Untitled (dog, right page)

+113

1950s

L'Or et le Noir

1958

Pure Energy, I

Light Graphic

1959

Untitled

1960s

1961

Light Ballet

1964

Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern)

1964

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

1964

Plate (folio 11) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern)

+39

1970s

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 (blank with color transfer, right page)

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

+872

1980s

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

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

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

Untitled (notes and sketches on "flower houses," two-page spread)

+1058

1990s

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

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

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("Talking Heads" sketch of Rousseau, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (car and silos in Seligman, MO, right page)

+742

2000s

Untitled (bleed-through from previous page, left page); Untitled (Winter Harbor scene, right page)

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

Inserted sheet with calculations

Untitled (bleed-through from previous page, left page); Untitled (Chatham Cape seascape, right page)

+432

2010s

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

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

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

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

+97

Works

3,530 artworks

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled ("Helium Rainbow," right page)

, 1977

Untitled (stamps from Spain, left page); Untitled (pasted architectural plan for Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles)

, 1977

Otto Piene

Timeline

Works

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled ("Helium Rainbow," right page)

Untitled (stamps from Spain, left page); Untitled (pasted architectural plan for Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles)

Inserted sheet with color transfer

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

Inserted napkin with color transfer

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page and color transfer, left page); Untitled (pasted-in sky art sketch and notes, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (design for inflatable sculpture, right page)

Untitled (photocopy of previous sketch for Europalia inflatable (page 96) with measurements, left page); Untitled (sketch for Europalia inflatable with notes, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (silhouette of winged lion [based on Löwenbrau logo] and bird inflatables using color transfer for outline, right page)

Untitled (pasted color samples from HKS, left page); Untitled (pasted sketch for Europalia inflatable, right page)

Untitled (extensive notes and design for inflatable sculpture, two-page spread)

Untitled (pasted-in sky art sketch, left page); Untitled (pasted-in sky art sketch, right page)

Untitled (pasted Kultur-Festwochen in Belgien pamphlet, pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, and notes, left page); Untitled (pasted architectural plan with annotations and pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, right page)

Untitled (pasted itinery with notes, left page); Untitled (pasted copy of telegrams with notes, right page)

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

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (scale of Icarus inflatable with faint color transfer, right page)

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

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled ("minotaur" with faint color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch of Icarus's wings, numbered, with faint color transfer, right page)

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

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (inflatable in sky with crowd, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch of Icarus with faint color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (sketch of Icarus with faint color transfer, right page)

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