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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: James Lee BYARS, The Golden Tower, 1974
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James Lee BYARS

The Golden Tower, 1974
Scroll of 2 conjoined sheets of black paper printed gold
182 x 50 cm
71 5/8 x 19 3/4 in
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In two parts (two sheets): A: 100 sentences selected from Shakespeare by J.L. Byars, containing the word 'Gold'. B: Texts by H. Szeemann, K. Ruhrberg, T. Deecke, H. Retzner, L....
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In two parts (two sheets): A: 100 sentences selected from Shakespeare by J.L. Byars, containing the word "Gold'. B: Texts by H. Szeemann, K. Ruhrberg, T. Deecke, H. Retzner, L. Burkhardt, W. Schmied, M. Haerdter, prof. Eliot. Issued as the "catalogue" for the exhibition "The Golden Tower", Galerie R. Springel, Berlin, under the artist program, the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, 1974. Berlin, Gal. R. Springer and Berliner Künstler Programm des DAAD, 1974. Rare.
"(Byars) presents an action, The First Step of the Golden Tower, in which visitors are lifted onto a large card-board cylinder, approximately six feet high, and asked to utter signifiant phrases. (...) Byars designs a one (sic, in fact two) meter(s) long, one page "catalogue", for this exhibition in the shape of a tower. Dec. 6-31".
Reference :
J.L. Byars, Bücher-Editionen-Ephemera, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, 1995, #20.
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ARCHIVES éditions, Paris

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