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JENNY HOLZER

Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature's way...)
Jenny Holzer
Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature's way...), 1988
Granite

Edition of 40
16 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches
(40.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm)
(Inventory #21091)

 

TEXT READS ON TOP:
AN ELITE IS INVEVITABLE
ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
MONEY CREATES TASTE
MURDER HAS IT'S SEXUAL SIDE
SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE

FRONT SIDE TEXT READS:
STARVATION IS NATURE'S WAY

BACK SIDE TEXT READS:
EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL


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SELECTED WORKS

With You Inside Me Comes the Knowledge of My DeathJenny Holzer
With You Inside Me Comes the Knowledge of My Death, 1994
Silver snake ring with inscription, sterling silver, matt centrifugal cast, hand finished, felt line

Edition 20/75
Signed and numbered
1 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches
(Inventory #BK.208)

 


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Jenny Holzer
White Arno-Text: Arno 1996, 2003
Electronic LED signs with color diodes and anodized aluminum housing

16 1/2 x 2 x 1/2 inches
(41.9 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm)
Edition of 20
(Inventory #20112)
can be installed horizontally or vertically-LED switches automatically
Depicted twice -Once in both possible orientations


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Blue Blue, text: Blue 1998Jenny Holzer
Blue Blue, text: Blue 1998, 2003
Electronic LED signs with color diodes and anodized aluminum housing

16 1/2 x 2 x 1/2 inches
(41.9 x 5.1 x 1.3 cm)
Edition of 20
(Inventory #17338)
can be installed horizontally or vertically-LED switches automatically
Depicted twice -Once in both possible orientations


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Jenny Holzer
Selection from 'Living 1980 - 1982, 1999
Heliogravure on Zerkall rag paper

Edition of 99
Signed lower right, numbered lower left
Image size:  14 7/16 x 21 3/8 inches

(36.7 x 54.3 cm)
Plate size:  14 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches

(37.1 x 57.5 cm)
Paper size:  17 5/8 x 24 1/4 inches

(44.8 x 61.6 cm)

(Inventory #24504)


Inquire		Selection from 'Living 1980 - 1982
10 Inflammatory EssaysJenny Holzer
10 Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82
Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Signed lower right on the first page
17 x 17 inches

(43.2 x 43.2 cm)
(Inventory #24067)


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Jenny Holzer
Edition for Bregenz, 1983-1985; 1996; Cole, 2004
Set of four digital pigment prints

Text: Selections from Survival (1983-85) and Arno (1996) by Jenny Holzer; US government document: “Iraqi Pipeline Through Jordan”; and “To the Forty-Third President,” from Blackbird and Wolf by Henri Cole.  Copyright © 2007 by Henri Cole.  Used by/reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered on colophon page
Image size:  19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches each

(50.2 x 40 cm each)
Paper size:  21 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches each

(55.6 x 45.1 cm each)
(Inventory #22453)


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Edition for Bregenz (Plate 1)Jenny Holzer
Edition for Bregenz (Plate 1), 1983-1985; 1996; Cole, 2004
One from the suite of four digital pigment prints

Text: Selections from Survival (1983-85) and Arno (1996) by Jenny Holzer; US government document: “Iraqi Pipeline Through Jordan”; and “To the Forty-Third President,” from Blackbird and Wolf by Henri Cole.  Copyright © 2007 by Henri Cole.  Used by/reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered on colophon page
Image size:  19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches each

(50.2 x 40 cm each)
Paper size:  21 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches each

(55.6 x 45.1 cm each)
(Inventory #22453)


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Jenny Holzer
Edition for Bregenz, 1983-1985; 1996; Cole, 2004
One from the suite of four digital pigment prints

Text: Selections from Survival (1983-85) and Arno (1996) by Jenny Holzer; US government document: “Iraqi Pipeline Through Jordan”; and “To the Forty-Third President,” from Blackbird and Wolf by Henri Cole.  Copyright © 2007 by Henri Cole.  Used by/reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered on colophon page
Image size:  19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches each

(50.2 x 40 cm each)
Paper size:  21 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches each

(55.6 x 45.1 cm each)
(Inventory #22453)


Inquire		Edition for Bregenz
Edition for BregenzJenny Holzer
Edition for Bregenz, 1983-1985; 1996; Cole, 2004
One from the suite of four digital pigment prints

Text: Selections from Survival (1983-85) and Arno (1996) by Jenny Holzer; US government document: “Iraqi Pipeline Through Jordan”; and “To the Forty-Third President,” from Blackbird and Wolf by Henri Cole.  Copyright © 2007 by Henri Cole.  Used by/reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered on colophon page
Image size:  19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches each

(50.2 x 40 cm each)
Paper size:  21 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches each

(55.6 x 45.1 cm each)
(Inventory #22453)


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Jenny Holzer
Edition for Bregenz, 1983-1985; 1996; Cole, 2004
One from the suite of four digital pigment prints

Text: Selections from Survival (1983-85) and Arno (1996) by Jenny Holzer; US government document: “Iraqi Pipeline Through Jordan”; and “To the Forty-Third President,” from Blackbird and Wolf by Henri Cole.  Copyright © 2007 by Henri Cole.  Used by/reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered on colophon page
Image size:  19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches each

(50.2 x 40 cm each)
Paper size:  21 7/8 x 17 3/4 inches each

(55.6 x 45.1 cm each)
(Inventory #22453)


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AKAJenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
A set of five etchings

Images: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each
Papers: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each
Edition of 40
Available as a complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


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Jenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
One from the set of five etchings

Image: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Paper: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches
Edition of 40
Available as a part of the complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


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AKAJenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
One from the set of five etchings

Image: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Paper: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches
Edition of 40
Available as a part of the complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


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Jenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
One from the set of five etchings

Image: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Paper: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches
Edition of 40
Available as a part of the complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


Inquire		AKA
AKAJenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
One from the set of five etchings

Image: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Paper: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches
Edition of 40
Available as a part of the complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


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Jenny Holzer
AKA, 2006
One from the set of five etchings

Image: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Paper: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches
Edition of 40
Available as a part of the complete set only
(Inventory #18173)


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RELATED INFORMATION
  1. Summer Group Show
  2. Jenny Holzer
    ARCHIVE
  3. Mark Making
  4. Winter Group Show
  5. The Sum of Its Parts
  6. Holding Patterns
  7. Moving Patterns
  8. ANNOTATIONS:
    Jenny Holzer, Shellburne Thurber and Kara Walker
  9. No Known None: Jenny Holzer, Glenn Ligon, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha & Kate Shepherd
  10. International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
    Art Fair 2007
  11. Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2008
  12. Art Chicago 2008 Art Fair
  13. International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
    Art Show 2009
  14. Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair 2007
  15. Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2009
  16. New York Times Review- 3-13-2009
    Whitney Museum Exhibition _ Page 1
  17. New York Times Review- 3-13-2009
    Whitney Museum Exhibition _ Page 2

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