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Single Sheet of White Paper with Text in Faint Black Ink and Stars on a Few Letters
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Hand-drawn arrow in same black ink runs from the two question marks after "Perhaps Perhaps" down to the mechanical stamp at bottom. Bottom center: Rectangular mechanical stamp reads: ñ That blake's famous line about finding "eternity in a grain of sand" is literally true, for the tiniest grain of sand is almost indestructible ñ when wet, it keeps a film of water about itself by capillary action and even a heavy surf cannot cause one sand grain to rub against another. Letter text: M. Im [sic] very delighted with what / I hear of Konrad Q [might also be an O, difficult to tell due to placement of star] "He's the world's leading expert on a pencil / Line " Perhaps Perhaps ?? / P.S. I also hear he is / Great without trying / a very good complement J.L.B.
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Department of Modern & Contemporary Art
James Lee Byars; to Busch-Reisinger Museum transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums 2003.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Transfer from the Busch-Reisinger Museum Archives
Title: Single Sheet of White Paper with Text in Faint Black Ink and Stars on a Few Letters
Description:
Hand-drawn arrow in same black ink runs from the two question marks after "Perhaps Perhaps" down to the mechanical stamp at bottom.
Bottom center: Rectangular mechanical stamp reads: ñ That blake's famous line about finding "eternity in a grain of sand" is literally true, for the tiniest grain of sand is almost indestructible ñ when wet, it keeps a film of water about itself by capillary action and even a heavy surf cannot cause one sand grain to rub against another.
Letter text: M.
Im [sic] very delighted with what / I hear of Konrad Q [might also be an O, difficult to tell due to placement of star] "He's the world's leading expert on a pencil / Line " Perhaps Perhaps ?? / P.
S.
I also hear he is / Great without trying / a very good complement J.
L.
B.
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