Commercial Postcard ñ Photograph of Gondolas in Venice

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.80.21
People: James Lee Byars, American (Detroit, MI 1932 - 1997 Cairo, Egypt)
Title: Commercial Postcard ñ Photograph of Gondolas in Venice
Classification: Archival Material
Work Type: archival material
Date: 1979-1980
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/77197

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black ink on commercially printed postcard with postage stamps
Dimensions: 15 x 10.5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 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: 2003.80.21
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Recto: photograph of gondolas in Venice. Verso: addressed to: Harvard U / Busch-Reisinger Museum / Mark Haxthausen / Cambridge, MA / 02138 USA. Return address: James Lee Byars / c/o Pres Carluccio Biennale Venice Italy. Letter text: Mark the / Chair of " you / Artist at Harvard / see these wonderfuls / for October at / on the way to see / Least in the BR (Fogg) / the Biennale / James Lee Byars

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