Antwerpen: ASPC, 1993
1.8cm, golden paper circle with the text BYARSISDEAD in black ink in a very small typeface in the centre. Unlimited edition but now very scarce. VG+.

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Bern: Edition Galerie Rigassi, 1993 21 x 30cm, opens out to 84 x 60cm, printed gold on black offset - exhibition catalogue listing the texts from a number of large handwritten letters by Byars. VG+. ...

A undistributed proof from the unreleased publication of the same name (planned by Edition Cantz). 33 x 33 cm, 2pp silk-screen print (chamois/white) on white double sided astrolux (high gloss) 290 micron card stock. The text is intense and in German and English recto/verso:"THE SUN THE MOON THE STARS...

Byars, James Lee THEPERFECTSMILE Köln: Museum Ludwig, 1993 25 x 65cm, folded (8 panels) leporello printed gold on thick card. Text in German - the card is able to stand up without support. JOINT AS ISSUED Byars, James Lee THEPERFECTSMILE Köln: Museum Ludwig, 1993 5 x 8cm, 1pp business card with the text THEPERFECTSMILE printed gold on black inside 8 x 11 black custom envelope. JOINT 22.3 x 32cm, black unprinted envelope which contained both of the above items. All fine. ...

NYC: Michael Werner, 1993 19 x12cm, unpaginated (56)pp plus boards with tipped-on b/w reproduction of a work. The concise exhibition catalogue for two consecutive exhibitions in the Werner Gallery - the first being of works from the early part of Byars' career (with seven b/w illustrations) and, a second show of more recent “books” (which are usually sculptures) which are all displayed herein as eight full colour plates. ...

Stockholm: Konsthalle, 1992 21 x 15cm, 40pp original black glossy wrappers. Monograph and exhibition catalogue with six full colour images of sculptures. VG. ...

Tillhet-Pretnare, Jeanne TYPED LETTER TO MONSIEUR AND MADAME ERIC GERMAIN. Signed and dated 17 Mars 1992 30 x 21cm, 2pp - a legal opinion about Byars use of the Gallimard cover style written to two of Byars’ patrons in France. Antoine Gallimard had taken offence and tried to protect his copyright on the design. The letter warns of possible legal action and the impossibility of defending the publication if another was produced....

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