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    James Lee Byars

    Detroit 1932 - 1997 Kairo

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    L. To do one perfect thing, ...

    Estimate CHF 2'800
      JPY 532'000
    Hammer price CHF 2'400
    Information without guarantee
    03.06.2022
    German version below
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    Around 1993

    White pencil on black tissue paper

    Each approx. 12x50 cm; 113x57 cm, plexiglass panels

    Provenance

    Gallery Rigassi, Bern; Private collection Switzerland

    Condition

    On 8 dark japanned strips, placed between two plexiglass panels

    Comments

    The transcribed text reads:

    "L. to do one perfect thing I loved the most exquisite print in the wor. (all caps) no punct.

    Paper too if you use a black print page it must be finger print less

    Lets use it only (dead centre) the print one thing atmosphere sense of yr. Place / like love one thing you liked fut

    might even go sub-vis. At least the tiniest would show perf. clarity perf. but unreadable by natural eye but mag'd

    It also (an) the perfect excellent exhibition for you just say fut

    Its the perfect abbrev. I think for the interv. often as natural punct. in your speech xby"


     
     

    L. To do one perfect thing, ...


    Um 1993

    Weissstift auf schwarzem Seidenpapier

    Je ca. 12x50 cm; 113x57 cm, Plexiglasplatten

    Provenienz

    Galerie Rigassi, Bern; Privatsammlung Schweiz

    Zustand

    Auf 8 dunklen Japanstreifen, zwischen zwei Plexiglasplatten gelegt

    Erläuterungen

    Der transkribierte Text lautet:

    "L. to do one perfect thing I loved the most exquisite print in the wor. (all caps) no punct.

    Paper too if you use a black print page it must be finger print less

    Lets use it only (dead center) the print one thing atmosphere sense of yr. Place / like love one thing you liked fut

    might even go sub-vis. At least the tiniest would show perf. clarity perf. but unreadable by natural eye but mag'd

    It also (an) the perfect excellent exhibition for you just say fut

    Its the perfect abbrev. I think for the interv. often as natural punct. in your speech xby"


     
     
     
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