The Perfect Thought: Works by James Lee Byars

Published by University Art Museum, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1990

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First edition. Hardcover. 154 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 18 through June 24, 1990 at University Art Museum, University of California Berkeley and then September 8 through October 28, 1990 at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Features a foreword by Jacquelynn Baas, an introduction by James Elliott and additional essays by Carter Ratcliff, Gianni Vattimo, and Archille Bonito Oliva. Also features James Elliott's extensive essay "Notes Toward a Biography." Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations and a bibliography. A clean very near fine copy in red cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. Includes a laid in two page typed and signed letter from James Elliott that is deeply revealing about Byars and this project. Also includes an additional typed letter from Nina Zurier who was also associated with this project and a xerox of a review of the show.

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Title
The Perfect Thought: Works by James Lee Byars
Author
BYARS, James, James Elliott, Carter Ratcliff, Gianni Vattimo, and Archille Bonito Oliva
Publisher
University Art Museum, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Publication year
1990
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Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
2.75 pounds
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