20 Mar THE PALACE OF GOOD LUCK. 1989.
Torino: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, 1989 30 x 21cm, 4pp. Museum hand out with 4 works in b/w and text in German. Torn top right else VG. ...
20 Mar MONUMENT TO CLEOPATRA. 1989.
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....
12 Mar J.-H. M. B. P. F. F. (JEAN HUBERT MARTIN BOUGHT FOR FRANCE). 1989.
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....
12 Mar THE PALACE OF GOOD LUCK. 1989.
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. ...
17 Jun JAMES LEE BYARS TONY CRAGG DONALD JUDD RICHARD PAUL LOHSE LUIGO MAINOLFI KLAUS METTIG. 1988.
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+. ...
17 Jun JAMES LEE BYARS TONY CRAGG DONALD JUDD RICHARD PAUL LOHSE LUIGI MAINOLFI KLAUS METTIG. 1988 .
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+....
20 Mar JAMES LEE BYARS.1988.
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. ...
09 Jan JAMES LEE BYARS. 1988.
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+. ...
26 Oct BEAUTY GOES AVANTGARDE. 1987.
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....
29 Aug THE BLACK PAPER ON ART. 1982. WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING BY BYARS.
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....
20 Mar BEAUTY GOES AVANTGARDE. 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....
19 Mar THE GOLDEN BOOK. 1987.
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. ...