Object Details
Artist
James Lee Byers, American, 1932 – 1997
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Art exhibition poster featuring a long prose poem in English and German, printed in gold on black paper, with text arranged on the two sheets of paper (which are meant to abut each other) so as to suggest a vertical "Golden Tower" structure, or oblong bar shape. (a) The text begins: "THE GOLDEN TOWER 1STANDING UP IN THE AIR CROWND [sic] WITH THE GOLDEN SUN..." Mentions "JAMES LEE BYARS", "T.E. LAWRENCE THE SEVEN PILLOWS OF WISDOM" and the year "1974". (b) 1999-45-10-b: Text concludes (near bottom, 8 lines up): ..."I...INVITE YOU TO THE ..../OPENING OF THE GOLDEN TOWER AT THE/ SPRINGER GALLERY...DEC 6 AT/ 9 PM...November 1974 FELGENTREFF UND GOEBEL KG| BERLIN 61"
Credit Line
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds
Date
December 6, 1974
Accession Number
1999-45-10-a,b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph in gold ink on two sheets of black paper
Dimensions
91.8 x 49.8 cm (36 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. )
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1999-45-10-a_b