Harvard Art Museums > 2003.80.4: Red-Painted Paper Scroll with Gold Text in Crumpled Black Tissue Paper 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"Red-Painted Paper Scroll with Gold Text in Crumpled Black Tissue Paper (James Lee Byars) , 2003.80.4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/76866. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.80.4 People James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt) Title Red-Painted Paper Scroll with Gold Text in Crumpled Black Tissue Paper Classification Archival Material Work Type archival material Date 1979-1980 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/76866 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold colored pencil on red-painted paper Dimensions 846.9 x 18.7 cm (333 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.) total paper used with length of each piece measured: 867 cm (341 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Text read horizontally across scroll from left right. Not one continuous piece of paper, but rather several pieces glued together to make the long scroll. Letter text: Grand " W [superscript s] 4" Am. Genius happily "W" get the papers cut to ll X ll whatever machine will do ( 1000 will Be the cost of 250) Here are the Big papers "Cut the Biggest Square (the width of the paper) and we simply put 2 papers in the Black Env. [superscript s] (Gen.) (yes please) one can shadow the other I was sad abo. The small cut. Please. Nyer [superscript s] D. Miller 12E.8 (tele. 254 + 691) G.B Washburn 420 E. 80 (744-3584) S. Wagstaff 1 Fifth Ave (477-0523) Thomas Hoving c/o Tiffany? Bit witnick [with two question marks above] Director Blkyn Mus. F. Robinson 297 Wayland Ave. Providence R.I. (272-3614) Kiss JL 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 2003.80.4 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. 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
