2003.80.2.2: Single Sheet Delicate Yellow Paper (Imprint "made in Hong Kong" in English and Chinese)
Archival Material
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.80.2.2
- People
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James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
- Title
- Single Sheet Delicate Yellow Paper (Imprint "made in Hong Kong" in English and Chinese)
- Classification
- Archival Material
- Work Type
- archival material
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/76860
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on creased yellow paper
- Dimensions
- 56.2 x 55.4 cm (22 1/8 x 21 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Dear Mr. Haxthausen Do We / Have some yes on the Exhibition / of Perfect for early 80 or do you / think it might Be ideal for December / or Nov 15 to Jan 1? I'm sure / we can adjust the situation and / at "H" perhaps we could find besides / you another siloquist [sic] on Perfect. I / do hope we can try. B. 213-939-0645
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
- 2003.80.2.2
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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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