Photo © Kornfeld — view this lot on Kornfeld ↗Beuys Makes Documenta 8, 1983
Other
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James Lee Byars (American, 1932–1997)
$31,250 price realized incl. premium
≈ £20,207≈ €23,891
Hammer $25,000 · with buyer’s premium $31,250
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “lacquered bronze”
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 5 h x 10¼ w x 9½ d in (13 x 26 x 24 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2013/04/living-contemporary)
- Date
- April 25, 2013
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 133
- Estimate
- $10,000 – — (≈ £6,466) (≈ €7,645)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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