Otto Piene (Laasphe, Westphalia 1928 – 2014 Berlin). Goldbarren. 2011 Gold, glaze on clay. 37,8 × 19,6 × 3 cm (14 ⅞ × 7 ¾ × 1 ⅛ in.). On the reverse in black felt-tip pen monogrammed, dated and inscribed: P 2011 #321. The ceramic is registered in the archive of Otto Piene's ceramics by Dr. Edgar Quadt, Heilbronn, under the number 321.– [3000] Provenance: Private Collection, Rhineland (acquired 2013 at Galerie SETAREH, Düsseldorf)