Come on Tom pick up your pencil ... Unique letter art object
Byars, James Lee
(Berlin). c.1974
A beautiful example of a James Lee Byars unique letter art object written in white crayon on cream coloured tissue paper.
The letter reads as follows:
COME ON TOM PICK UP YR PENCIL GET VERY FANTASTICAL GO TO THE BAND GET 3000 MARKS BUY 2 JET TICKS BERN-BERLIN -BERN AND BB AND I WILL COME TO SEE YOU AND MAKE SOME GENIUS SHOW FOR DAAD COME ON TOM DID YOU GET TO MUNCHEN 9. CAN’T YOU GET A LITTLE BETTER IF DAAD CANT THEN JUST ASK URSULA BLOCK SHE’D LOVE IT AND WE’D LIKE A FEW DAYS IN BER OR ASK KEINHOLZ WHAT’S 5000 MARKS TO HIM CHEERS FROM THE OFFICE FLY BYARS. THANKS FOR THE MG TELEGRAM B.R.
The letter reads as follows:
COME ON TOM PICK UP YR PENCIL GET VERY FANTASTICAL GO TO THE BAND GET 3000 MARKS BUY 2 JET TICKS BERN-BERLIN -BERN AND BB AND I WILL COME TO SEE YOU AND MAKE SOME GENIUS SHOW FOR DAAD COME ON TOM DID YOU GET TO MUNCHEN 9. CAN’T YOU GET A LITTLE BETTER IF DAAD CANT THEN JUST ASK URSULA BLOCK SHE’D LOVE IT AND WE’D LIKE A FEW DAYS IN BER OR ASK KEINHOLZ WHAT’S 5000 MARKS TO HIM CHEERS FROM THE OFFICE FLY BYARS. THANKS FOR THE MG TELEGRAM B.R.
Four sheets of tissue, glued. (4600 x 260 mm). Long cream-coloured tissue scroll with manuscript text by James Lee Byars in white crayon.
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