2003.80.13: Eleven Strips Red-Painted Paper with Gold Text, All Glued Together at the Straight Edge

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.80.13

People

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

Title

Eleven Strips Red-Painted Paper with Gold Text, All Glued Together at the Straight Edge

Classification

Archival Material

Work Type

archival material

Date

1979-1980

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/76810

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold colored pencil on red-painted paper

Dimensions

31.5 x 8 cm (12 3/8 x 3 1/8 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

2003.80.13

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Each of the eleven strips has an inverse arrow at one end is straight at the other end. M. we're the talk of the town / Could there be 2 Perfects? / which questions have Disappeared / A Question is a Gift? / I Love a Question? / Q. is the newest Harvard classic / Q. is the Answer? Q.? / "Mark" Be Generous. / I must have an essay about / The Exhibition of Perfect? / Ask Zerner for me? 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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