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'''The Quiet Album''' is a 1990 piece by [[Albert Oehlen]], [[Mayo Thompson]], and [[Werner Büttner]]. It appears to be limited edition of 40.
'''The Quiet Album''' is a 1990 piece by [[Albert Oehlen]], [[Mayo Thompson]], and [[Werner Büttner]]. It appears to be limited edition of 40.


* "[It] comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of Oehlen, Büttner and Thompson life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."<ref>Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004</ref>
* It "comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of [the group] life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."<ref>Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004</ref>


* "Described by Thompson as a picture of the band, their faces pressed to a car window, printed onto parachute silk. There was no album per se."<ref>Puncture no. 33, summer 1995</ref>
* "Described by Thompson as a picture of the band, their faces pressed to a car window, printed onto parachute silk. There was no album per se."<ref>Puncture no. 33, summer 1995</ref>

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The Quiet Album is a 1990 piece by Albert Oehlen, Mayo Thompson, and Werner Büttner. It appears to be limited edition of 40.

  • It "comprised a banner showing a black and white reproduction of a photograph of [the group] life-size, singing with their faces pressed against the closed windows of Oehlen’s Porsche Targa parked in the snow in Hamburg. It was a limited edition, came in a white box modeled on The Beatles 'White Album,' and sold out immediately."[1]
  • "Described by Thompson as a picture of the band, their faces pressed to a car window, printed onto parachute silk. There was no album per se."[2]

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  1. Drag City Red Krayola biography, 2004
  2. Puncture no. 33, summer 1995