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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.80.9.1
People
James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title
One of Four Phallus-Shaped Yellow Sheets with Floral Wrapping Paper Folded around Them
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
archival material
Date
1979-1980
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on yellow paper
Dimensions
55 x 15.2 cm (21 5/8 x 6 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
2003.80.9.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Mark / the chair / Good New [sic] / of the artist / for you / at Harvard / met Germ. / come on up / Ind. Types / a bit higher / in Venice / Lets / who have / do it as a / already met / show 1st / to give mon.

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