Christian Marclay

Ephemera
2009

A collage of various music-themed items including magazine covers, sheet music, and a postcard. The central image is a vintage magazine titled "THE ETUDE music magazine" from January 1943, featuring a black and white photograph of a baby playing a trumpet. Surrounding this are parts of other music-related publications and a colorful illustration of a personified musical note with arms and legs playing a flute. There are also snippets of sheet music with notes and clefs visible, and a postcard depicting cartoon characters playing instruments on music staff lines. The overall theme suggests a celebration of music in different forms and eras.
A collage of various music-themed items including magazine covers, sheet music, and a postcard. The central image is a vintage magazine titled "THE ETUDE music magazine" from January 1943, featuring a black and white photograph of a baby playing a trumpet. Surrounding this are parts of other music-related publications and a colorful illustration of a personified musical note with arms and legs playing a flute. There are also snippets of sheet music with notes and clefs visible, and a postcard depicting cartoon characters playing instruments on music staff lines. The overall theme suggests a celebration of music in different forms and eras.

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Date
2009

Classification
Prints

Medium
Offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 24 3/4in. (40 × 62.9 cm)

Accession number
2010.28.16

Edition
8/90 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Arte-Print; published by mfc-michèle didier; published by Christian Marclay

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 2009 Christian Marclay and mfc-michèle didier

API
artworks/37158

Part of a series:
Ephemera
28 works

A collage of various paper items related to music and postage on a white background, including a British £20 note, music-themed greeting cards, stamps from different countries, a vinyl record, and a renewal notice for a music magazine.
A collage of various music-related items including sheet music, concert flyers, a record label card, and a drawing of a figure playing a stringed instrument, all scattered on a white background.
A collage of various printed materials including a scenic landscape with power lines resembling musical staff lines, a postcard with French text, a car advertisement featuring a sound system, and a vintage picture disc record with illustrations of people dancing to music.
A collage of various music-themed items including a red book with a treble clef, a blue book titled "MASTER THEORY" by Charles S. Peters and Paul Yoder, a piece of yellow fabric with musical notes and a saxophone print, and a page with musical notes and the text "Stay tuned for the fine arts" along with various company logos and sponsors.
A collection of printed materials laid out on a surface, featuring various artistic representations of birds and music. The items include a vintage-looking sheet music cover with a treble clef and birds, a black and white illustration of a child conducting birds, a National Geographic Society booklet titled "Guide to Bird Sounds" with musical notes and bird silhouettes, a colorful painting of a bird singing among branches, and a pamphlet titled "THE RETIREMENT SONATA" with a bird on a branch and musical notes, accompanied by a small, whimsical card depicting a yellow bird with the text "Warbling Bird." The overall theme suggests a blend of ornithology and music.
A vinyl record with a yellow label lies on top of a sheet of music, partially covered by a black necktie with white musical instrument designs. To the right, an open album cover features a portrait of a man and the title "Waltzing on Air" by Frank Davol and his orchestra.
An assortment of confectionery packaging with musical and fruit themes, including Horvath Caramelle Gelées boxes featuring a violin and fruits, and a Guylian Opus chocolates box with musical notes, alongside a Heindl Mozart Kugeln chocolate tin.
A collage of various paper elements related to music and New York on a white background. The left side features a large musical note with a silhouette of a city skyline, overlaid on newspaper clippings with the text "Jazz In New York." Below are smaller clippings about a "Downtown Glee Club" and a "Young People's Chorus." The right side shows a torn piece of paper with a cat playing a double bass and a small strip with the "Blue Note" logo and partial faces of musicians.
A whimsical shower curtain packaging with a music and Mickey Mouse theme. The curtain itself features a staff with musical notes and silhouettes of Mickey Mouse in various poses as if dancing to the music. Above the curtain, a colorful border of musical notes adds to the playful design. The packaging includes an image of the shower curtain hanging in a bathroom and a graphic of Mickey Mouse conducting music in the snow, with the text "SYMPHONY Vinyl Shower Curtain" displayed prominently.
A collection of translucent toilet paper sheets with printed text and musical notes in different colors, including blue, green, and orange, with the text "BEST QUALITY TOILET PAPER" and "YAZAKI SHIKO CO., LTD." visible.

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