2003.80.12: Matte Black Heavy-Weight Paper with Gold Text
Archival Material
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.12
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- Matte Black Heavy-Weight Paper with Gold Text
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/76868
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold colored pencil on black paper
- Dimensions
- 48.4 x 48.3 cm (19 1/16 x 19 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
- 2003.80.12
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Has been folded 4 times, creating pattern of 16 squares. Letter text: Great Mark please / a throwaway / Read this letter in the / Leave it outside to Blow around for a / B.R. Garden. How he / while / Reads Questions? You / cheaper to Buy than Rent I Believe / Sho. Be in Tux. With Photo?
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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