2003.80.11.2.A-K: One of Eleven Sheets of Brown Fiber-Textured Paper with Pieces of Silver Foil Adhered to Them and Pencil Text, with Small Piece of Dried Grass with Knot (Probably Tied around the Sheets Originally)
Archival Material
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.11.2.A-K
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- One of Eleven Sheets of Brown Fiber-Textured Paper with Pieces of Silver Foil Adhered to Them and Pencil Text, with Small Piece of Dried Grass with Knot (Probably Tied around the Sheets Originally)
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/76732
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on brown fiber paper with silver foil
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 16 cm (6 15/16 x 6 5/16 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
- 2003.80.11.2.A-K
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A: Mr / B: Yes. I / C: Spoke / D: to M / E: and L / F: they will / G: help / H: can / I: It Be / J: April / K: try. B
Exhibition History
- James Lee Byars Letters (title TBD), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, 01/17/2004 - 06/30/2004
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