Screenprint on paper
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CheckOut Music
Purchased 1981
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
arms folded
arts and entertainment
bottle
Brown, Earle
Cage, John
composer
domestic
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
individuals: male
inscriptions
interior - non-specific
interiors
laughing
leisure and pastimes
lifestyle and culture
man
music
music and entertainment
musical analogy
named individuals
number
objects
people
photographic
portraits
reading, writing, printed matter
receipt
society
symbols and personifications
vessels and containers
work and occupations
paper print screenprint
Check-Out Music
image: 228 × 371 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07528</b> CHECK-OUT MUSIC 1980
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<br/>Inscribed ‘John Christie July 80’ bottom right and ‘Check-out Music’ and ‘13/60’
<br/>Screenprint, printed and published by the artist, 9×14 5/8 (22.8×37.1)
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
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<br/>'The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photographs</span></a> used in this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>print</span></a> are of the American composers Earle Brown and John Cage. The check-out ticket reminded me of the random number sequences used in the 50s and 60s as a method for generating modern music scores. I was intrigued also by the sound/ noise made by the manual cash register used for this check-out ticket in contrast to that made by the new electronic versions.’ (loc.cit.)
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults arms folded arts and entertainment bottle Brown, Earle Cage, John composer domestic emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities individuals: male inscriptions interior - non-specific interiors laughing leisure and pastimes lifestyle and culture man music musical analogy music and entertainment named individuals number objects people photographic portraits reading, writing, printed matter receipt society symbols and personifications vessels and containers work and occupations