LOT DETAILS

Materials:

seven record album covers

Measurements:

72.99 in. (185.40 cm.) (height) by 18.98 in. (48.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Christian Marclay 1992' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Christian Marclay, March-April, 1993. Los Angeles, University of California, Hammer Museum; Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum; Seattle Art Museum; Kunstmuseum Thun; Avignon, Collection Lambert and London, Barbican Art Gallery, Christian Marclay, June 2003-May 2005, pp. 136 and 178 (illustrated in color). Providence, Brown University, David Winton Bell Gallery, Inappropriate Covers, April-May 2009 (illustrated in color).

Literature:

D. Pagel, "Christian Marclay at Margo Leavin Gallery," Art Issues, no. 28, May/June 1993, p. 41 (illustrated). P. Sherburne, "Close to the Edit," Frieze, issue 77, September 2003. C. Knight, "Leading the Eye by the Ear," Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2003, p. E1 (illustrated in color). B. Cooper, "Snap, Crackle, Pop," Los Angeles, June 2003, p. 91 (illustrated in color). eds., "Mix-Master Marclay," Tate, July/August 2003, p. 24 (illustrated in color). N. Edwards, "Front & Center: Bard Exhibit Could Leave You Tapping Your Feet," Poughkeepsie Journal, 3 October 2003. J. González, K. Gordon and M. Higgs, eds., Christian Marclay, London and New York, 2005, pp. 8-9 (illustrated in color). Alex Haw, "London: Barbican Art Gallery," Contemporary, no. 75, August 2005, p. 54.

Provenance:

Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. Clyde and Karen Beswick, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998.