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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.80.12
People
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
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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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