2003.80.18: Single Sheet of White Paper with Text in Faint Black Ink and Stars on a Few Letters
Archival Material
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.18
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- Single Sheet of White Paper with Text in Faint Black Ink and Stars on a Few Letters
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/76749
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink on white paper
- Dimensions
- 28 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 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
- 2003.80.18
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Hand-drawn arrow in same black ink runs from the two question marks after "Perhaps Perhaps" down to the mechanical stamp at bottom. Bottom center: Rectangular mechanical stamp reads: ñ That blake's famous line about finding "eternity in a grain of sand" is literally true, for the tiniest grain of sand is almost indestructible ñ when wet, it keeps a film of water about itself by capillary action and even a heavy surf cannot cause one sand grain to rub against another. Letter text: M. Im [sic] very delighted with what / I hear of Konrad Q [might also be an O, difficult to tell due to placement of star] "He's the world's leading expert on a pencil / Line " Perhaps Perhaps ?? / P.S. I also hear he is / Great without trying / a very good complement J.L.B.
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