UNTITLED (GOLDEN FISHING HOOK). c. 1980. UNIQUE SMALL WORK.

3,5 x 1.7cm, gold-coloured metal fishing hook – a gift from the artist to the collector and art historian Marianne Büchler. We estimate this work to have been made around 1980.

The gold colour was often used by Byars to symbolise perfection and beauty. The metaphor of a fishing hook can only be guessed at.