Harvard Art Museums > 2003.80.16: Oversize Commercial Postcard with Image of the Matterhorn Archival Material Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Oversize Commercial Postcard with Image of the Matterhorn (James Lee Byars) , 2003.80.16,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/76750. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.80.16 People James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt) Title Oversize Commercial Postcard with Image of the Matterhorn Classification Archival Material Work Type archival material Date 1979-1980 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/76750 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink on commercially printed postcard Dimensions 30 x 24 cm (11 13/16 x 9 7/16 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 2003.80.16 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Folded in half and crumpled. Text slightly interwoven. Use of mass-produced commodity. Recto: Image of the Matterhorn. Verso: Addressed to: Harvard U. / B.R. Museum / Mark Haxthausen / Cambridge / Ma. 02138 / U.S.A. Return address: James Lee Byars 10 Werdtweg Bern CH 3007 / Main text: Mark come on up a Bit? / in gold. So we make the / Bet you or you alone can do / future. / By the exhibition form / the chair of the artist at Harvard / if you Exhibition History James Lee Byars Letters (title TBD), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, 01/17/2004 - 06/30/2004 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
