Rome: Cleto Polcina, 1989 26 x 24 cm folder which opens out to cross and gold inside cover. Inside, a red wrapper contains six loose folded sheets, varying from of four to eight pages, showing various works, a biography and a text 'Gold is only the beginning of art: the art of painting' by Achille Bonito Oliva. Fine....
Florence: Germain, 1989 21 x 14.5cm, 4pp. Self-cover. Artist's book - with a poem by Herbert - the book is the first time Byars created a parody of (or homage to) the format and typographic style of the Nouvelle Revue Francaise Editions Gallimard. This was later to incur the wrath of the publishing house. One of 1,000 issued. Fine. Now scarce....
Torino: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, 1989 49.5 x 49.5cm black card with a 35.5 x 35.5cm, square text with a text by Byars. Small edition but not known. Fine. ...
Castello di Rivoli: Mueo d'arte Contemporanea, 1988 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Typographic design announcement card for a group show which included Byars alongside Cragg, Judd, Lohse, Mainolfi and Mettic. Unmailed example - VG+. ...
Castello di Rivoli: Museo D'arte Contemporanea, 1988 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp typographic announcemnet card for a group show including Byars alongside Tony Cragg, Donald Judd. Richard Paul Lohse. Luigi Mainolfi and Klaus Mettig. Minorly grubby else VG+....
NYC: Kent Fine Art, 1988 14.5 x 10.5cm, 40pp plus card covers. Unprinted red dust jacket. Exhibition catalogue with five sculptural works illustrated in b/w and minimal text. Fine. ...
NYC: Mary Boone/Michael Werner, 1988 18 x 12.5cm, 4pp announcement card for a solo show - one work The door of innocence from 1986 is shown in colour on the outside, internally gallery details printed in gold and black. VG+. ...
Köln : Galerie Michael Werner, 1987 57 x 44cm, b/w folded exhibition poster with an image of a Byars drawing (possibly of the title text but it is hard to read). Fine. JOINT WITH 10.5 x 10cm, (approx) fragment of the original printed mailing envelope from the gallery (address has been removed but printed portion remains). Both fine....
Munster: Westfalischer Kunstverein, 1987 24cm dia, printed gold on black tissue with the title text in small lettering. Object multiple issued during the exhibition James Lee Byars at Westfälischen Kunstverein, Munster from 18 July - 26 September 1982. but this example is unique given that Byars has drawn a circle with a star in black ink below the golden text (hard to see but the photograph allows you look closely). One ink drop on the right of the paper has caused minor discolouration else VG. JOINT: A handwritten letter from the curator at Westfalischer Kunstverein to Herr Meir offering the work as a gift. Dated 29 August 1987....
NYC: Michael Werner, 1987 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (44pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with ten b/w images of works (mostly in vitrines). VG....
Köln : Galerie Michael Werner, 1987 57 x 44cm, full colour folded exhibition poster with an image of a Byars sculpture - also mentions Chamberlain, Fischl, Lasker, Salle, Van Vilet. Fine. ...
NYC: Frontier Books, 1987 21 x 13.6cm, 242pp. Original wrappers. A book that contains texts about Venice where Byars purchased the book. Inside Byars has drawn a number of small motifs and texts over several pages. The first page has the text in red ink hand written by Byars: “JLB’s magic city - never entered never left/ I marry JLB in Venice a red gondola wedding full moon” And below in larger starry letting “ **** Gondalini/ rings for the sea” and “James Lee Byars Venice 1987” On the second page there are eight small sketches of geometric shapes (with stars) which might be sculptures and a large text “ The Blue Path” again in starry lettering. An unique work by the artist given as a gestural gift and showing his love of the Italian city. Slight wear to wrappers (predating Byars appropriation) else VG+....