Black and White Photograph of Subject of Scientific Study

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.80.19
People: James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title: Black and White Photograph of Subject of Scientific Study
Classification: Archival Material
Work Type: archival material
Date: 1979-1980
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/76817

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black and white photocopy on white paper
Dimensions: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 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: 2003.80.19
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Blue ink text on verso. Verso: Mechanically printed stamp reads: Reproduction autorisÈe / avec mention / PHOTO CERN / Reproduction permitted / with above credit / Photographic Service / CERN / CH 1211 GENEVA 23 / Letter text: Mark some tracks of perfect pre-p [superscript s] / Perhaps Quarks or Gleeks Pretty?

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