About the Artwork
Envelope for Black Letter Drawing
between 1970 and 1979
James Lee Byars
1932 - 1997
American
Unknown
Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper
Overall: 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (12.1 × 11.7 cm)
Drawings
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Gift of Larry and Cynde Huston
2004.108.2
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Markings
Inscribed, in pen and black ink, center: Morgan homas | 4121 Wilshire 411 [circled with a little star drawn above] | Los Angeles | California 90010 Inscribed, verso: 10 Werdtweg | Bern 3007 | Switzlerland | Telephone | 45:93:36
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Larry and Cynde Huston
2005-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Lee Byars, Envelope for Black Letter Drawing, between 1970 and 1979, pen and black ink on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Larry and Cynde Huston, 2004.108.2.
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