Bonn: Raum 41, 1986
21 x 15cm, 2pp announcement leaflet for a photographic edition by Franz Fischer of an image of Beuys and James Lee Byars shown from above to only see their respective headgear - Beuys's hat and Byars' top hat. Posthumous to Beuys of course but not Byars. VG+.
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Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1986
10.5 x 21cm, gold on black typographic announcement card for Byar's solo show. On the reverse there are announcements for a Beuys posthumous exhibition and for Bruno Goller. VG+.
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Koln: Michael Werner, 2986 35 x 60cm, b/w exhibition poster with an especially drawn graphic by Immendorff showing all of the participating artists in a scene - Broodthaers being dead by this point is sitting at a table aloof, James Lee Byars is standing near one of his sculptures at the back of the scene while Baselitz is working on a sculpture swinging an axe wildly, the others are also making art. The best of ephemera. Foled several times for mailing else VG+. ...
n.p.: n.p., n.d. (1986?) 26 x 19.5cm, 1pp black on white offset. A single sheet reproducing a work by Byars in honour of Beuys. We cannot find a reference for this work but it may have been made after Beuys died suddenly in January 1986. Byars and Beuys were friends for nearly 20 years and regularly corresponded. This has stapled holes along the top and some closed tears and former creases. It was found stapled into one of James Collins' diaries (1986) in his archives. ...
Byars, James Lee THE PHILOSOPHICAL PALACE. 1986. Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1986 26 x 18cm, gold cardboard slipcase content of a 25.5 x 17.5cm, 148pp book with gold embossed black boards. Exhibition catalogue for the "James Lee Byars, Palace of Philosophy” exhibition. Texts in English and German. Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w. Fine. INSERTED Byars, James Lee THE SPINNING ORACLE….. N.p. (Dusseldorf): n.p., n.d.d (1986) 30 x 21cm, 2pp. Gold on black printed text in Byars’ facsimile hand on one side and a text in German (printed in a typographic font) on the other. Folded with two horizontal creases. Scarce ephemera / print....
UNIQUE LETTER ON INDIAN PAPER 21 x 18cm. Unique hand drawn letter - red ink on a gold and red piece of Indian parchment, The text in Byars’ starry hand is hard to read but seems to be Lols - which is possible as the earliest use of that acronym was in the 1980s rather than later. Fine although slight scratches on the printed gold area....
c. 1985 18 x 24cm, 1pp. Original b/w image of the artist in Dusseldorf (outside the KAI Museum) talking to two young people.. Byars is in his gold coat and wearing his black top hat. Fine. On r everse is the copyright for Heinz-Gunter Mebusch. No date but probably c. 1985....
Paris: Gallimard, 1925/1985
23.5 x 18.5cm, 84pp. Original wrappers. The first edition of this collection of texts by the poet issued in an edition of 850 copies by Byars’ favourite publisher. An uncut copy but pages are browned. One the first page Byars has appropriated the book by adding the text “I GIVE YOU GENIUS AGAIN!” in red ink in his starry hand. VG. Unique thus.
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NYC: Michael Werner, 1985 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (24pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with four b/w images of works and one in colour (tipped on). VG. ...
NYC: Mary Boone, 1985 27.5 x 23.5cm, 20pp + 2pp black endpapers and card covers also in black with gold foil stamping. Exhibition catalogue displaying four works all full colour and one double page and a full page photographic portrait of Byars wearing his gold suit while standing on rocks. Short essay by Remo Guidieri. Very good +....
Firenze: Zona Archives Outside Projects, 1985 10.5 x 15cm, 1pp. Announcement card for a series of installations placed in “secret” throughout Florence. Other artists include Daniel Buren, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Terry Fox, General Idea, Jenny Hozer, Barbara Kruger, Sol Lewitt, Maurizio Nannucci and Lawrence Weiner. Fine. ...
Koln: Michael Werner, 1984
9.4 x 12.8cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a solo show. VG+.
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