2003.80.27.2: Single Sheet of White Paper with CERN Letterhead and Byars' Text in Blue Ballpoint Pen
Archival Material
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.27.2
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- Single Sheet of White Paper with CERN Letterhead and Byars' Text in Blue Ballpoint Pen
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72365
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Blue ink on white paper with CERN letterhead
- Dimensions
- 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 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
- 2003.80.27.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Letterhead: CERN / ORGANISATION EUROP...ENNE POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCL...AIRE / EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH / SI"GE: GEN"VE, SUISSE / CERN / CH 1211 GEN"VE 23 / SUISSE/SWITZERLAND TÈlÈphone: GEN"VE (022) / Central/Exchange: 83 61 11 / Direct: 83 / Votre rÈfÈrence / Your reference / Notre rÈfÈrence / Our reference / TÈlex: 23698 CH ñ TÈlÈgramme: CERNLAB-GEN"VE. Letter text: Aug 5 / Theory Div. / Dear g. A newlywed: I / sure you can show the chair / congratulate yr. Crossed / of the artist at Harvard? Lets [sic] Race / exotic feathers make many / on with the sublime Question Give me / Questions possible Mark says / a letter please saying yes Lets. [sic] Cheers JLB / no no not even 82 etc I'm /
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