Property from the Estate of Karen Davidson, New York
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Christian Marclay
Silent (Music Box)
Estimate
$300–500•︎
Starting Bid
$100
2005
Pine box multiple with laser engraved text, containing a music box mechanism.
closed 2 3/4 x 5 x 3 7/8 in. (7 x 12.7 x 9.8 cm)
From the edition of an unknown size, published by Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Santa Monica, produced in Switzerland.
Full-Cataloguing
This artwork is from the collection of the late Karen Davidson, a former Vice President of Sotheby's and Deputy Director of Policy and Planning at the Museum of Modern Art. This and numerous others were gifted to her by her dear friend, Agnes Gund, over several years of friendship.
For this project, Marclay has composed Tinsel - a seamless melodic loop without beginning or end that incorporates the gradual slowing of the unwinding mechanism - to play with our expectations of the music box. The box was made in Sainte-Croix by Reuge, the last remaining manufacturer of music boxes in Switzerland.
For this project, Marclay has composed Tinsel - a seamless melodic loop without beginning or end that incorporates the gradual slowing of the unwinding mechanism - to play with our expectations of the music box. The box was made in Sainte-Croix by Reuge, the last remaining manufacturer of music boxes in Switzerland.