Auction 297: Contemporary Art | 16 July 2020
James Lee Byars

Untitled (Sweet Marie)

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Auction 297
Lot 1009R
James Lee Byars
1932 Detroit – Kairo 1997
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Watercolour and ink on three sheets of paper mounted together. (1985). C. 19 x 231.5 cm. Signed “James Lee” and with a personal letter. In artist’s frame. The work is in very good condition, not removed from the frame for cataloguing.

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Ausstellung:
The Letter Reading Society of James Lee Byars, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel 1987.

Provenienz:
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel;
Privatsammlung, Niederlande.

Description

Der Brief lautet: “Here sweet Marie Puck a happy note for you. I hope S Claus gets you what you want … Do say hello to M and Mr and Speck if you see him, missing Europe, hoping to do some pure spring show, yrs James Lee Put the perfect tear upon the wall by you. In such a Mater world how lovely the imagin is.” Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde für die Ausstellung James Lee Byars in der Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel, 1987 von Marie-Puck Broodthaers in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Künstler gerahmt. – Die gut erhaltene Arbeit zur Katalogisierung nicht ausgerahmt.

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Contemporary art

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