Artist Monograph

Chris Marker, French

French, 1921–2012

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	25	96.2%
Lithography	1	3.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	25	96.2%
Drawings & Prints	1	3.8%

Production by Decade

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Video — 24
Print — 1
Installation — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1993	1
1994	23
2005	1
2006	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
From Chris to Christo Video Acc. 729.1994	1985	Video (color, sound)	24 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Matta Video Acc. 730.1994	1985	Video (color, sound)	17:18 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Andrei Tarkovsky Video Acc. 731.1994	1986	Video (sound)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Tokyo Days Video Acc. 732.1994	1988	Video (color, sound)	20:15 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Getting Away With It Video Acc. 733.1994	1989	Video (color, sound)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Amnesia, or History on the March. Episode 5 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.5	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Berlin 1990 Video Acc. 734.1994	1990	Video (color, sound)	20:35 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Chat écoutant la musique Video Acc. 728.1994	1990	Video (color, sound)	2:47 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Cosmogony, or the Ways of the World. Episode 9 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.9	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Democracy, or the City of Dreams. Episode 3 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.3	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Logomachy, or the Dialect of the Tribe. Episode 7 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.7	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Mathematics, or the Empire Counts Back. Episode 6 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.6	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Misogyny, or the Snares of Desire. Episode 11 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.11	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Music, or Inner Space. Episode 8 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.8	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Mythology, or Lies Like Truth. Episode 10 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.10	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return. Episode 4 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.4	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Olympics, or Imaginary Greece. Episode 2 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.2	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Philosophy, or the Triumph of the Owl. Episode 13 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.13	1990	Video (color, sound)	16:11 ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Symposium, or Accepted Ideas. Episode 1 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.1	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette), Episodes 1-13 Video Acc. 735.1994.1-13	1990	Thirteen videos (color, sound)	Each: 26 min. Total running time: 4 hrs., 54 min., 36 sec. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death. Episode 12 of The Owl's Legacy (L'Heritage de la Chouette) Video Acc. 735.1994.12	1990	Video (color, sound)	26 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Le Tombeau d'Alexandre (The Last Bolshevik) Video Acc. 757.1993	1993	Video (black and white and color, sound)	120 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Prime Time in the Camps Video Acc. 736.1994	1993	Video (color, sound)	28 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Slon Tango Video Acc. 737.1994	1993	Video (color, sound)	4:15 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Interventions Print Acc. 514.2006.433	(newspaper published September 21, 1995)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
OWLS AT NOON Prelude: The Hollow Men Installation Acc. 1099.2005	2005	Two-channel video (black and white, sound; 19 min.) on eight monitors	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Adam Bartos and The Pannonia Foundation