See It Is The Gift
1981
Artists
Description
Elegantly produced, round, bright red leather folio, lined in thin sheets of black tissue paper, with an inserted circle of the same tissue, on which the phrase, "SEE IT IS THE GIFT" is embossed in gold. Also included is a certificate, printed in red and black, produced by the Monchengladbach Museum for this multiple, with the following information: Munchengladbach 2702240 Edition of 50 JAMES LEE BYARS SEE IT IS THE GIFT
Dimensions
sight: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Museum Alteiberg store, Mönchengladbach, Germany], sold; to Gabrielle De Ferrari, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.
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