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    James Lee Byars

    Detroit 1932 - 1997 Kairo

    843   

    TH FI TO IN PH

    Estimate CHF 1'000
    Hammer price CHF 3'300
    Information without guarantee
    02.06.2023
    German version below
    Shipping fees

    Around 1977

    Maple leaf inscribed by the artist

    50x35 cm, support; 34.5x24.3 cm, passepartout cut-out

    Provenance

    Urs and Rös Graf, Bern, by inheritance to private collection Switzerland

    Literature

    Urs and Rös Graf (eds.), The Life and Times of James Lee Byars, Books 1-5, Vol. I, pag. 242

    Condition

    Mounted on cardboard, the support with lightstruck. Framed

    Comments

    A work of written art with an ephemeral character. "TH FI TO IN PH" stands for "The First Totally Interrogative Philosophy".


     
     

    TH FI TO IN PH


    Um 1977

    Vom Künstler beschriftetes Ahornblatt

    50x35 cm, Kartonunterlage; 34,5x24,3 cm, Passepartoutausschnitt

    Provenienz

    Urs und Rös Graf, Bern, durch Erbschaft an Privatsammlung Schweiz

    Literatur

    Urs und Rös Graf (Hrsg.), The Life and Times of James Lee Byars, Books 1-5, Band I, pag. 242

    Zustand

    Aufgeklebt auf Karton, die Unterlage mit Lichtrand. Gerahmt

    Erläuterungen

    Ein Schriftkunstwerk mit ephemerem Charakter. "TH FI TO IN PH" steht für "The First Totally Interrogativ Philosophy"


     
     
     
    Estimated shipping fees
    Switzerland CHF130
    Europe CHF230
    Overseas CHF290

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