Munster: Westfalischer Kunstverein 1982 24 x 24cm, unpaginated (c. 80pp) plus card covers. Black paper printed gold. Exhibition catalogue/artist’s book with 46 tipped on colour images of works. Text in English by Byars. Fine....
Köln : Galerie Michael Werner,1981 21 x 30cm, single sheet of black paper folded into thirds with the tiny text : "JAMES LEE BYARS” on the middle of the sheet. Announcement paper sculpture. JOINT WITH Original printed envelope (mailed) which was addressed to the gallerist Morgan Thomas Butler. Both fine....
Amsterdam: Galerie Helen van der Meij, 1981 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Announcement card with the title text (the artist’s name) printed in tiny type on the front of the leaflet. Mailed example hand addressed by Byars to the Dutch poet Michael Gibbs. Fine but some marks from the mailing process....
Amsterdam: Der Appel, 1971
23.5 x 18cm, 1pp. Typographic announcement leaflet for a exhibition in Holland.
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Original mailed envelope (complete with wax seal) Mailed copy.
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Amsterdam: Galerie Helen van der Meij, 1981 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Announcement card with the title text (the artist’s name) printed in tiny type on the front of the leaflet. Mailed example hand addressed by Byars to the Dutch poet Michael Gibbs. Fine but some marks from the mailing process. ...
NYC: Michael Werner, 1981 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (24pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with ten tipped on colour images of works (mostly sculptures). VG. ...
Munster: Westfalischen Kunstwerein, 1981 15 x 10.5cm, 1pp. Announcement card printed in gold on black. Fine. ...
Munster: Westfalischen Kunstwerein, 1981 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp (horizontal fold). Announcement card printed in black on white for three performances by Byars in the Botanical Gardens - The Perfect Kiss, The Perfect Cheek and The Perfect Fragrance. B/w image of the Botanical Garden's greenhouse on the front. One yellow stain to inside of card else VG. This design and typography of the card is very similar to that of an earlier announcement by Byars in 1975 in Amsterdam’s Der Appel. ...
Munster: Westfalischen Kunstwerein, 1981 15 x 10.5cm, 4pp (horizontal fold). Announcement card printed in black on white for three performances by Byars in the Botanical Gardens - The Perfect Kiss, The Perfect Cheek and The Perfect Fragrance. B/w image of the Botanical Garden's greenhouse on the front. One yellow stain to inside of card else VG. ...
3,5 x 1.7cm, gold-coloured metal fishing hook - a gift from the artist to the collector and art historian Marianne Büchler. We estimate this work to have been made around 1980. The gold colour was often used by Byars to symbolise perfection and beauty. The metaphor of a fishing hook can only be guessed at....
6 x 4.5cm, hand-made paper envelope which has been painted gold (possibly using spray paint) and is content of five different small cards (each 5.6 x 4.2cm) which have also been spray-painted gold. Under the gold it appears there are five scenes of alpine houses and landscapes which are only visible because the gold has never dried and comes off with any disturbance or handling. A curious small unique work by Byars which was a gift from him to the collector and art historian Marianne Büchler. We estimate this work to have been made around 1980. Fragile and very unusual. ...
6 x 4.5 x 3.5cm (approx) found stone upon which Byars has written "KOWALSKI 1969 - 1972" in black ink. Piotr Kowalksi was an artist friend of Byars (And who owned several works by the latter) and this appears to be a homage to the former, although we do not know the meaning of the dates chosen other than it appears Byars first met Kowalski in 1969 at the studio of Sara Holt and both Byars and Kowalksi had shows at the Kunsthalle Bern. A small unique work owned by the Swiss collector and art historian Marianne Büchler. We estimate the date of origin of this work as c. 1980....