See It Is The Gift | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.76
People: James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title: See It Is The Gift
Classification: Multiples
Work Type: multiple
Date: 1981
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/98554

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Red leather case
Dimensions: sight: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Museum Alteiberg store, Mönchengladbach, Germany], sold; to Gabrielle De Ferrari, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Gabriella De Ferrari in honor of James Cuno
Copyright: © The Estate of James Lee Byars / Michael Werner Gallery
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.76
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Elegantly produced, round, bright red leather folio, lined in thin sheets of black tissue paper, with an inserted circle of the same tissue, on which the phrase, "SEE IT IS THE GIFT" is embossed in gold. Also included is a certificate, printed in red and black, produced by the Monchengladbach Museum for this multiple, with the following information:
Munchengladbach
2702240
Edition of 50
JAMES LEE BYARS
SEE IT IS THE GIFT

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