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Photographer:
Pe Wolf, German, active late 20th century  Search this
Subject:
Otto Piene, German, active Germany and USA, 1928–2014  Search this
Publisher:
MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
62.6 x 44.8 cm (24 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Made in:
USA
Distributed in:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Designed in:
Massachusetts, United States
Date:
1969
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Black and white photograph of people holding up their arms to cloth sculptures above. Below, in white text: Otto Piene; A Field of Hot Air Sculpture / over Fire in the Snow / An Outdoor Sculptural Environment / with 25 polyethylene giant / balloons of different shapes and / sizes, 25 propane gas tanks with / open flames from adjustable jets, / and 35 attendants.; MIT Briggs Field behind / Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge / Thursday, January 23, 1969, 3-7 pm / In case of bad weather: January 24, 3-7 pm / Sponsored by German Center, Boston, and / Center for Advanced Visual Studies of the / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Credit Line:
Gift of Ken Friedman
Accession Number:
1997-19-239
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d3fda94d-06a5-459c-9f33-6e09d9bccf24
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1997-19-239