- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2003.80.27.1
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- White Envelope with Blue Ballpoint Pen Text
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72342
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Blue ink on white CERN envelope with postage stamps
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 11.5 cm (8 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Provenance
- James Lee Byars; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- 2003.80.27.1
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Recto: postmark: 3000 BERN KRAMGASSE -5.-8.80-17. Addressed to: the beautiful Gabriella Jeppson / Harvard University / Fogg Museum / Cambridge MA. 02138 U.S.A. Return address (mechanically printed except first line in blue ballpoint): Theory Div. Byars / ORGANISATION EUROP...ENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCL...AIRE / CERN EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH / CH - 1211 GEN"VE 23 / SUISSE/SWITZERLAND
- Related Works
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