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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.80.16
People
James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title
Oversize Commercial Postcard with Image of the Matterhorn
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
1979-1980
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76750

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on commercially printed postcard
Dimensions
30 x 24 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 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
2003.80.16
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Folded in half and crumpled. Text slightly interwoven. Use of mass-produced commodity. Recto: Image of the Matterhorn. Verso: Addressed to: Harvard U. / B.R. Museum / Mark Haxthausen / Cambridge / Ma. 02138 / U.S.A. Return address: James Lee Byars 10 Werdtweg Bern CH 3007 / Main text: Mark come on up a Bit? / in gold. So we make the / Bet you or you alone can do / future. / By the exhibition form / the chair of the artist at Harvard / if you

Exhibition History

  • James Lee Byars Letters (title TBD), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, 01/17/2004 - 06/30/2004

Verification Level

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