02 Oct

Posted at 21:25h in James Lee Byars

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....

27 Aug

Posted at 22:30h in James Lee Byars

Harvard: Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1980
2.5 x 2.5cm, white paper square with the text THE EXHIBITION OF PERFECT printed in tiny typeface in the centre. Unlimited multiple but now very hard to find. VG+.

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13 Jun

Posted at 08:10h in James Lee Byars

47 x 47cm, pencil on red silk paper which is in the shape of a triangle. The text reads: "1 - 1 - 15/YES JAN YES ON MAY FOR THE EXHIBITION OF JAMES LEE BYARS WE MUST HURRY HERE'S .." It is not clear if part of this letter is missing. What is missing is the top of the letter because when we opened the framing after an auction house purchase at Bernaerts it was clear that damp had caused part of the paper to stick to the glass and tear off. Get good condition reports before bidding. ...

27 Aug

Posted at 20:24h in James Lee Byars

n.p.: n.p., n.d.
5.5 x 9cm, 1pp black text on pink rectangle. Paper ephemera with the text "DR DR DR DR DR BYARS" in the centre of the sheet. One of the artist's minimalist and rather small ephemeral works. VG+. Scarce.

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20 Mar

Posted at 09:22h in James Lee Byars

Groningen: Museum und Corps de Garde, 1979. Three sheets of black tissue paper mounted together to form the number "7". Folded size: 18.5 x 12.5 cm. Unfolded: 225 x 125 cm. Printed with the text "The Five Continent Documenta 7" printed offset gold. Very good condition. Very limited unnumbered edition. Please note that for this item we have used a stock photograph from other sources....

26 Oct

Posted at 03:54h in James Lee Byars

Bern : Artists Press/Temporary Travelling Press Publications # 12., 1978 21 x 15 cm red card folder (opens to 21 x 30 cm). Gold printed title. On opening a red cord can be seen to be glued into the centerfold of the folder. The total length of cord is 185 cm (the artist's height). At exactly the mid point of the cord, 3 additional cords of 92cm each are knotted onto the assembly. On one of these cords yet another cord is knotted after exactly 38 cm. Only 150 copies were made of this self-referential object multiple, each individually numbered. VG example. Scarce. ...

08 Jul

Posted at 16:05h in James Lee Byars

Bern: Kunstmuseum Bern, 1978 21 x 15cm, 4pp. The programme for Byars' famous minimalist action that took place in the museum where he whispered inside the galleries reserved for the Old Masters. This is the extremely hard to find "programme"/museum handout for that event with a text in Germany by Jurgen Glaesemer. VG+. ...

19 Mar

Posted at 21:08h in James Lee Byars

Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern 1978 24.5 x 24.5cm, unpaginated - approx 80pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue and artist's book designed by the artist - b/w images are alternated with text by the artist. Covers a bit grubby (as almost always found) and a little fading to rear covers but otherwise very good. The first of the "white books" by the artist which coincided with this major retrospective where many sculptural objects were displayed for the first time since the artist's early career when he displayed stones alongside a walk in his parents' home....

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