Harvard Art Museums > 2003.80.10.2: Long Narrow Gold Foil Band 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"Long Narrow Gold Foil Band (James Lee Byars) , 2003.80.10.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/76846. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.80.10.2 People James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt) Title Long Narrow Gold Foil Band Classification Archival Material Work Type archival material Date 1979-1980 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/76846 Physical Descriptions Medium Pnecil on gold foil band Dimensions 514.3 x 3.1 cm (202 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.) total paper used with length of each piece measured: 526 cm (207 1/16 in.) 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 2003.80.10.2 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 Dear Mr. Haxthausen. / with Excitement I will arrive mid march at Harvard. / Allowing 2 weeks or so to plan the Exhibition of Perfect with you. Euro pers already very eager about it. / We do need the soliloquist on Perfect and If it is grand could it Be published as a Harvard classic like the small lectures of T.S. Eliot. / His poetry and Drama for example is truly elegant. / I do wish black cover don't you if it could possibly get to that . / Do you know Roland Barthes' the Pleasure of the Text? / As good as that please. / B. Exhibition History James Lee Byars Letters (title TBD), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, 01/17/2004 - 06/30/2004 Related Works 2003.80.10 James Lee Byars Light Blue Envelope Containing Long Narrow Gold Foil Band Archival Material 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
