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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.33
People
James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title
TAAEAO (The Arguments Are Equal and Opposite)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1986
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289337

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold pencil on black tissue paper (two layers)
Dimensions
sight: 66.6 x 48 cm (26 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: backing board, graphite: TAAEO / NY
  • label: backing board, paper, printed, German: #GMW Z 65
  • label: backing board, paper, blue ink, handwritten: 6DF88-2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gabriella De Ferrari, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gabriella De Ferrari in memory of Sally Ganz
Copyright
© The Estate of James Lee Byars / Michael Werner Gallery
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.33
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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