Artworks · James Lee Byars

F (Figure)

1994 · Twenty pieces of silk-covered paper with metallic pencil

Museum of Modern Art

The Table of Perfect

1989 · Gold leaf on white marble

39 1/4 x 39 1/4 x 39 1/4" (99.7 x 99.7 x 99.7 cm)

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Untitled Book [Cube Book]

1983 · Artist's book/exhibition catalogue, with Piet de Jonge, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. 1,800 pages

book, closed: 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6" (16.5 × 16.5 × 15.2 cm)

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Box catalogue for the exhibition JAMES LEE BYARS at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, April 21 – May 22, 1977

1977 · Cardboard box containing black tissue paper

Box: 7 7/8 × 6 3/16 × 2 15/16" (20 × 15.7 × 7.5 cm)

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The Black Book

1971 · Single sheet of thin black tissue with minuscule central text printed in gold

19 7/16 × 14 3/8" (49.4 × 36.5 cm)

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The Black Book

1971 · Gold print on tissue paper

19 11/16 x 14 15/16 x 2 3/8" (50 x 38 x 6 cm)

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Untitled

1971 · Fabric and synthetic hair

2 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 7 7/8" (7 x 80 x 20 cm)

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The Book of the Hundred Questions

1969 · Letterpress in gold on black tissue paper (faded to a dark gray)

Image: 7 × 3.7 cm (2 13/16 × 1 1/2 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 36.5 cm (19 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mask for Two Persons

1969 · Silk

7 7/8 x 118 1/8" (20 x 300 cm)

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Dress for Five Persons

1969 · Fabric and hangers

Overall dimensions approximately 86 x 110 x 6" (218.4 x 279.4 x 15.2 cm)

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The Pink Silk Airplane

1969 · Fabric

Dimensions variable

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Ceinture-queue

1969 · Fabric

1 3/16 x 35 7/16 x 1 3/16" (3 x 90 x 3 cm)

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Hat for Three Persons

1969 · Fabric

7 7/8 x 137 13/16 x 11 13/16" (20 x 350 x 30 cm)

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Black Dress

1968 · Model of "Friendship Dress," meant to accommodate four people. Black tissue in envelope with photographic portraits.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black Dress from S.M.S. No. 1

1968 · Screenprint on envelope with folded paper cut-out

envelope: 10 x 10 1/8" (25.5 x 25.7 cm); cut-out (folded): 9 13/16 x 7 9/16" (24.9 x 19.3 cm)

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The Mile-Long Paper Walk

1964 · Japanese handmade white flax paper, joined with rivets

folded: 12 × 70 3/4 × 4" (30.5 × 179.7 × 10.2 cm); unfolded: 12" × 500' (30.5 × 1524.0 m)

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The Performable Square

1963 · Japanese handmade white flax paper

Object stacks into an 18" (45.6 cm) cube

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Untitled

1962 · Japanese handmade white flax paper, hinged and folded

Folded: 36 x 36 x 3" (91 x 91 x 7.6 cm) Unfolded: 36 x 300' (91.4 x 91.44 m) ending in a circle, 9' (274 cm) in diameter

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Untitled Object

1962 · Crayon on Japanese paper, joined and folded

unfolded 12" x 210' 9" (30.3 cm x 64.23 m); folded 12 x 12 x 3 3/4" (30.3 x 30.3 x 9.5 cm)

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Bird

1960 · Pencil on paper

9 7/8 x 11 1/8" (25.1 x 28.3 cm)

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Untitled

1959 · Ink on paper mounted on paper

111 × 45" (281.9 × 114.3 cm)

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Untitled

1959 · Ink on paper

72 x 36 3/4" (182.9 x 93.3 cm)

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Painting

1959 · Ink on paper

36 x 35 1/2" (91.5 x 90.3 cm)

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