2003.80.26.1: One White Envelope with CERN Imprint and Blue Ink Text
Archival Material
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.26.1
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- One White Envelope with CERN Imprint and Blue Ink Text
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/70789
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue ink on white CERN envelopes with postage stamps
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 11.5 cm (8 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- James Lee Byars; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Busch-Reisinger Museum Archives
- Copyright
- © The Estate of James Lee Byars / Michael Werner Gallery
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.80.26.1
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Recto: postmark: 3000 BERN KRAMGASSE -5.-8.80-17. Addressed to: Harvard U. / Busch-Reisinger Museum / Mark Haxthausen / Cambridge MA. 03128 USA. Return Address: TH. DiV. c/o Byars ]handwritten in blue ink] ORGANISATION EUROP...ENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCL...AIRE / CERN EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH / CH - 1211 GEN"VE 23 / SUISSE/SWITZERLAND. Verso: another postmark: MANCHESTER, NH AUG 14 1980
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