James Lee Byars
Black Dress

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Black Dress
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ArtistAmerican, 1932–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Black Dress
  • from S.M.S. No.1
DateFebruary 1968
Published inUnited States
MediumModel of "Friendship Dress", meant to accommodate four people. Black tissue in envelope with photographic portraits.
DimensionsImage: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Lorence
Object number2005.1836.1.A
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S.M.S. No. 1
James Lee Byars
S.M.S. No. 1
February 1968
Mixed media
2005.1836.1.A-.L
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Richard Hamilton
A Postal Card for Mother
February 1968
Photographic construction
2005.1836.1.H
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Title page
February 1968
Printed lettering and text on folded paper sheet
2005.1836.1.F
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Irving Petlin
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton
February 1968
Printed polychrome paper portfolio
2005.1836.1.L
Image Not Available for Luggage Labels
Nancy Reitkopf
Luggage Labels
February 1968
Printed luggage labels.
2005.1836.1.E.1-.6
Image Not Available for Chicago Project
Walter De Maria
Chicago Project
February 1968
Documentation of proposal to install a telephone booth at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art for visitors to answer random calls from the artist.
2005.1836.1.B
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La Monte Young
Two Propositions in Black
February 1968
Young's statements(on the relationship of tuning to time) hand written in silver on folded construction paper with calligraphic border by Zazeela.
2005.1836.1.C
Image Not Available for Farewell To Faust
George Reavey
Farewell To Faust
February 1968
A poem printed on tissue enclosed in another poem silkscreened in colors on grey.
2005.1836.2.K
Image Not Available for Store Front
Christo
Store Front
February 1968
Mylar and paper construction.
2005.1836.1.J
Image Not Available for Pharmaceuticals
Julien Levy
Pharmaceuticals
February 1968
pad of prnted forms, handwritten prescriptions, five colored capsules
2005.1836.1.K.1-.6
Image Not Available for Project for a Bridge
Su Braden
Project for a Bridge
February 1968
Pen and ink on vellum
2005.1836.1.I
Image Not Available for My Country 'Tis of Thee: / West Germany 1968 (Four Views)
Kasper König
My Country 'Tis of Thee: / West Germany 1968 (Four Views)
February 1968
Photographs with vellum overlay.
2005.1836.1.G.1-.4