Auction 520 Part 2
The Kasper König Collection - His Private Choice
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Oct 2, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
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Day Sale: Wednesday, 2 October 2024
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LOT 85:
James Lee Byars
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Sold for: €1,200
Start price:
€
480
Estimated price :
€600 - €800
Buyer's Premium: 32%
VAT: 19%
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James Lee Byars: 24hrs of Byars at Bellamy
BYARS, JAMES LEE
1932 Detroit/Michigan - 1997 Gizeh/Kairo
Title: 24hrs of Byars at Bellamy.
Date: 1957.
Technique: Tissue paper, folded and glued.
Measurement: 170 x 143cm.
Notation: . Titled, inscribed and dated on the penis: 24 hRS ofByaRS atBellamy ... (illegible) 57.
Provenance:
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin (directly from the artist)
- Byars and König were involved in the art magazine S.M.S by William N. Copley in 1968
- When Byars received the Wolfgang-Hahn-Prize in 1994, he donated the first immaterial artwork "The Perfect Smile" to the museum
Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 23,53 Euro plus 4,47 Euro VAT
EU: 33,61 Euro plus 6,39 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 58,82 Euro plus 11,18 Euro VAT
additional shipping insurance
Explanations to the Catalogue
James Lee Byars
Sculptures
1950s
Human
Object
paper
Figure / Figures
