BYARS, JAMES LEE
1932 Detroit/Michigan - 1997 Gizeh/Kairo
Title: 24hrs of Byars at Bellamy.
Date: 1957.
Technique: Tissue paper, folded and glued.
Measurement: 170 x 143 x Notation: . Titled, inscribed and dated on the penis: 24 hRS ofByaRS atBellamy ... (illegible) 57.
Provenance:
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin (directly from the artist)
- Byars and König were involved in the art magazine S.M.S by William N. Copley in 1968
- When Byars received the Wolfgang-Hahn-Prize in 1994, he donated the first immaterial artwork "The Perfect Smile" to the museum.
