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James Lee Byars
[American, 1932-1997]
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James Lee Byars Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by James Lee Byars available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Museum of Modern Art, New York City Includes biographical information about the artist
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Includes a biography of the artist
Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid (in Spanish)
Serralves Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal Click "B" for "Byars"
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums IS IS
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Jointadventures Illustrated essay about the artist
Articles and Reference Sites:
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Art + Auction Magazine The Death of James Lee Byars, 1982-94
Deutsche Bank Artmag James Lee Byars at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Frieze Magazine "Proposing Perfection"
Frieze Magazine Review (from issue 89): James Lee Byars
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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James Lee Byars: Letters to Joseph Beuys
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