Garage
Song Sheet
c.1926 (published)
c.1926 (published)
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Song-sheet for 'Garage', with a cover design of large irregular sized lettering of the title above a bar of music in blue with five black notes/dots below. Text below of authors and publishers. Line-block and lithography. One of an edition of five hundred.
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Title | Garage |
Materials and techniques | Line-block and lithographic print |
Brief description | Song-sheet for 'Garage', by E. L. T. Mesens and Philip Soupalt, with a cover design of large irregular sized lettering of the title above a bar of music. Line-block and lithographic print. One of an edition of five hundred. Designed by Marcel-Louis Baugniet after an original design by Man Ray. Printed by J. De Vleeschouwer. Published by Editions Music, Brussels, c.1921. |
Physical description | Song-sheet for 'Garage', with a cover design of large irregular sized lettering of the title above a bar of music in blue with five black notes/dots below. Text below of authors and publishers. Line-block and lithography. One of an edition of five hundred. |
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Object history | Garage is a Philippe Soupault poem set to music by E. L. T. Mesens for which Ray was asked to design a cover. Such knowing, cross-media confections which are at one remove from the realm of commercial production were common in the early twentieth century. |
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Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
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Accession number | E.325-1984 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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