About the Artwork
Envelope for Red Letter Drawing
between 1960 and 1969
James Lee Byars
1932 - 1997
American
Unknown
Gold pencil on red paper
Overall: 6 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (16.8 × 8.9 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Larry and Cynde Huston
2004.107.2
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Markings
Inscribed, in gold pencil, center: Morgan | Thomas | Butler | 4121 Wilshire Apt 411 | Los Angeles | California 90019 Inscribed, verso: Landsman | + B. | 46 W. 87 | NYC 10024
Provenance
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 Red Letter Drawing, between 1960 and 1969, gold pencil on red paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Larry and Cynde Huston, 2004.107.2.
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