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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NYC: Michael Werner, 1984 30 x 21cm, unpaginated (32pp) plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue with 4 b/w images of works and eight in colour (tipped on). VG. ...
Lorsfeld: Schloss Lorsfeld, 1984 27 x 27 cm, unpaginated (c.100pp) plus (double) card covers. An exhibition curated by Jule Werner in 1983 in the setting of the German castle. Original full color plates of numerous artist's 'paravents' (screens used to allow the changing of clothes without a lack of modesty) created by Erik Andriesse, James Lee Byars, Eli Content, William Copley, Rene Daniels, Marlene Dumas, Antonius Hockelmann, Jorg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Imi Knoebel, Hendrik Krawen, Markus Lupertz, Stephen McKenna, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Andreas Schulze, Seton Smith. Each artist's work is included with a full colour image although Byar's is a more conceptual work and the images are from his starry drawings. Fine. ...
N.p: s.p., n.d. (1983) 14.2cm, dia piece of circular paper with the word ERRATA printed in black in the centre. Fine....
Eindhoven: Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1983 16.5 x 16.5 x 16.5cm, cubic artists’ book content of 924pp. Self cover. Texts by James Lee Byars and Piet de Jonghe. Some b/w illustrations of works., The famous artist’s book issued in 500 copies on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum. VG+. ...
JAMES LEE BYARS. PARIS 1983 Paris: ARC, Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1983 15 x 10.5cm, 2pp gold on black typographic announcement card for a major museum solo show. VG....
Paris: ARC, Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1983 22 x 22 cm, 332 pages, exhibition catalogue/artist’s bookwith many blank pages between which are sprinkled Byars’ epigrams with some illustrations in black and white of works. Slight grubbiness to wrappers....
12.5 x 24cm, silver gelatine print showing Byars and Beuys cavorting on a dark oval shape at Dokumenta 7 at the opening of the exhibition Sammlung Speck in March, 1983. Byars is wearing a top hat and has his face covered by a black scarf. Taken by Benjamin Katz. Possibly unique. VG+. ...