About the Artwork
Untitled (Performable Paper)
1963 - 1965
James Lee Byars
1932 - 1997
American
Unknown
Black crayon and gold leaf on accordion folded japanese paper
Overall: 25 1/4 × 25 1/4 feet (7 m 69.6 cm × 7 m 69.6 cm) Storage: 1 1/8 × 19 1/2 × 19 inches (2.9 × 49.5 × 48.3 cm)
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Gift of Guy and Nora Barron
2020.14
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Provenance
Guy and Nora Barron (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Lee Byars, Untitled (Performable Paper), 1963 - 1965, black crayon and gold leaf on accordion folded Japanese paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Guy and Nora Barron, 2020.14.
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