Artist Monograph

Otto Piene, German

German, 1928–2014

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	24	58.5%
Screenprint	10	24.4%
Oil Painting	3	7.3%
Other Media	2	4.9%
Printmaking	1	2.4%
Watercolor	1	2.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	38	92.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	4.9%
Photography	1	2.4%

Classification Types

Print — 36
Installation — 1
Painting — 1
Photograph — 1
Drawing — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	39	95.1%
Large (1–3 m)	2	4.9%

Range: 63.5 cm → 171.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1966	9
1968	1
1969	1
1974	26
1998	1
1999	1
2015	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 41 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Pure Energy, I Painting Acc. 420.1960	1958	Oil on canvas	39 1/2 x 31 1/2" (100.2 x 80 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gertrud A. Mellon Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 781.1998	1959	Diazo print	27 15/16 × 39" (71 × 99.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Joanne Stern
Untitled (Smoke Drawing) (Ohne Titel [Rauchzeichnung]) Drawing Acc. 19.1999	1959	Soot on paper	20 x 29" (51 x 73 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Sheldon H. Solow
Light Ballet Installation Acc. 501.2015.a-e	1961	Synthetic sheeting, metal stands, light fixtures, transformer, and string	67 5/8 x 59 3/4 x 28" (171.8 x 151.8 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis in honor of Jerry I. Speyer
Plate (folio 11) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.7	1964, published 1965	Screenprint on colored paper from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 5) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.1	1964, published 1965	Screenprint from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	Sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 8) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.4	1964, published 1965	Screenprint on colored paper from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.1-8	1964–65, published 1965	Portfolio of eight screenprints on white and colored paper, four pages of poetry, two pages of text, and one title page	various composition dimensions; sheet (each): 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm); case: 26 3/8 × 20 1/16 × 9/16" (67 × 51 × 1.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 10) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.6	1965	Screenprint from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	Sheet: 19 11/16 × 25 9/16" (50 × 65 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 12) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.8	1965	Screenprint from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	Sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 6) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.2	1965	Screenprint on colored paper from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	sheet: 19 11/16 × 25 9/16" (50 × 65 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 7) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.3	1965	Screenprint from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	Sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 11/16" (65 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Plate (folio 9) from the portfolio Rose or Star (Rose oder Stern) Print Acc. 296.1966.5	1965	Screenprint on colored paper from a portfolio of texts and eight screenprints	sheet: 19 11/16 × 25 9/16" (50 × 65 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Untitled from Zero Illustrated Book Acc. 95.1968.2	1966	Photolithograph with embossing and watercolor additions from an illustrated book of texts and three embossings	Sheet: 21 1/16 × 25" (53.5 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alan A. Rosenthal
Flower of Orange Fire Print Acc. 905.1969	1967	Screenprint	composition: 25 9/16 x 18 1/4" (64.9 x 46.4 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 11/16" (64.9 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
A Sequence of Equilibrium (Sky Art XIII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.13	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Black Sun (Sky Art XXI) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.21	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Boston Harbor Project (Sky Art XX) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.20	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Campus (Sky Art XIV) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.14	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Clouds on Silver 1 (Sky Art IX) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.9	1969	Lithograph with Fasson aluminum foil chine collé, from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Clouds on Silver 2 (Sky Art X) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.10	1969	Lithograph with Fasson aluminum foil chine collé, from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Colophon with California Grapes (Sky Art XXV) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.25	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Flaming Rainbow (Sky Art XXIV) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.24	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Flying (Sky Art III) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.3	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Imagine a City Below (Sky Art XV) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.15	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Imagine a City Below by Night (Sky Art XVI) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.16	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
In and Over Mardi Gras (Sky Art XII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.12	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Light Night (Sky Art XXIII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.23	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Looping (Sky Art IV) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.4	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Manned Helium Sculpture (Sky Art V) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.5	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Migrant Apparition (Sky Art XXII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.22	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Mt. St. Michel and Above (Sky Art XVII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.17	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
New York Mirage (Sky Art XI) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.11	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
People People 1 (Sky Art VII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.7	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
People People 2 (Sky Art VIII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.8	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Plain Sky Flower (Sky Art XIX) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.19	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.1-25	1969	Portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet (each): 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Table of Contents (Sky Art II) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.2	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Theater in the Sky (Sky Art XVIII) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.18	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	composition and sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Title Page (Sky Art I) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.1	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Y-O-U (Sky Art VI) from the portfolio Sky Art Print Acc. 293.1970.6	1969	One from a portfolio of twenty-five lithographs	sheet: 35 × 25" (88.9 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.