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This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling.

by BYARS, James Lee

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Los Angeles.: Eugenia Butler Gallery., 1969.. Single pentagonal card. (c. 100 mm x 100 mm).. Pentagonal piece of white card gilded on one side. On the gilded side, text printed offset in red: 'This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling. 615 N. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.'. Scarce and ephemeral invitation card for 'This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling' at Eugenia Butler Gallery (Los Angeles), 1969, with the artist's own handwritten note. For 'This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling' Byars transformed the gallery into an entirely red room with a sole light source from a two-and-a-half inch hole cut in the ceiling. The only entrance into the dark gallery space was through a two-and-a-half foot hole, and participants were asked to read various communications (describing Byars) that were sent to the gallery from people around the world to audibly reconstruct the artist. In addition to the mailed cards, the artist also wrote out various statements on the back of the gallery's pentagonal card invitations. Please ask for a transcription of the Byars note. [see James Lee Byars, Bücher, Editionen, Ephemera, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, no. 53a].

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
This is the Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling.
Author
BYARS, James Lee
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
Eugenia Butler Gallery.
Place of Publication
Los Angeles.
Date Published
1969.
Size
Single pentagonal card. (c. 100

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