James Lee Byars (1932 Detroit, MI - 1997 Cairo), 'TH FI TO IN PH', 1977, Box made of gold cardboard with a lid with a multiple made of black, crumpled up tissue paper. 20.3 x 15.8 x 8.0 cm. The title of the exhibition on the inner bottom of the lid: James Lee Byars 21. April bis 22. Mai 1977 and numbered: 156 (printed), on the bottom of the inner bottom, text by Johannes Cladders with the title 'TH FI TO IN PH'. Edition of the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. Number 156 from an edition of 330 copies. Including: Exh.-cat. James Lee Byars. Palace of Philosophy, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1986 and Exh.-cat. James Lee Byars, Michael Werner Cologne, 1985. Normal signs of age and wear such as kinks and light soiling.

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