Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗Home, 1980
Drawing (pencil) · Paper
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Auction result
PIITL (Perfect is in the Louvre)
James Lee Byars (American, 1932–1997) · 1990
$5,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,800≈ €4,271
Hammer $4,000 · with buyer’s premium $5,000
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on cardboard”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 12½ h x 22 w in (32 x 56 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20th Century Art (auctions/2018/09/20th-century-art)
- Date
- September 27, 2018
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 119
- Estimate
- $5,000 – — (≈ £3,800) (≈ €4,271)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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