In Tate Britain
Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- John Christie born 1945
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 220 x 140 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1981
- Reference
- P07530
Catalogue entry
P07530 LEMONADE MUSIC 1980
Inscribed ‘John Christie Sept 80’ bottom right and ‘Lemonade Music’ and ‘48/50’
Screenprint, printed and published by the artist, 8 5/8×5 1/2 (22×14)
Purchased from the artist (Grant-in-Aid) 1982
'The title of this print is a quotation from Erik Satie. The top image is an enlarged version of a French lemonade bottle label. The words in the lower half were obtained by taking the first reference to music that I could find in Art Monthly (no.39 p.18) which had arrived by post that morning.’ (loc.cit.)
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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