2003.80.14: Single Sheet of White Paper with Completed Starred Writing in Black Ink

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.80.14

People

James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)

Title

Single Sheet of White Paper with Completed Starred Writing in Black Ink

Classification

Archival Material

Work Type

archival material

Date

1979-1980

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/76751

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on white paper printed with CERN logo

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

2003.80.14

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Good example of Byars' style of star lettering. CERN [mechanically printed at top left of sheet, an underline runs nearly across the top]. Letter text: Mark this s [sic] atomic energy / p.s. thank you / speed note paper moons / for your sage advice / pions mayB. Quarks and my / very favorite [crossed out with single line with stars on it] superworks [this word uncertain]? / ? particles I love don't you? / Lets try for October / Come on Fogg? Mark / 1st 1980 to 1981 JLB / do answer yes then money? /

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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