Object number1985.19.6

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove red paper

EditionUnlimited edition

DimensionsSheet: 17 1/16 x 17 1/16 in. (43.34 x 43.34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.6

ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Vassar Exhibitions

Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties

What Now? (Or Not Yet)

Body Matters

Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 13 - March 19, 2006;

What Now? (Or Not Yet), Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 21 - September 10, 2023
DescriptionBlack italic text against a red background reads: IT ALL AHAS TO BURN, IT'S GOING / TO BLAZE. IT IS FLITHY AND / CAN'T BE SAVED. A COUPLE OF / GOOD THINGS WILL BURN WITH / THE REST BUT IT'S O. K., / EVERY PIECE IS PART OF THE / UGLY WHOLE. EVERYTHING / CONSPIRES TO KEEP YOU HUNGRY / AND AFRAID FOR YOUR BABIES. / DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER. WAITING / IS WEAKNESS, WEAKNESS IS / SLAVERY. BURN DOWN THE SYSTEM / THAT HAS NO PLACE FOR YOU, / RISE TRIUMPHANT FROM THE ASHES. / FIRE PURIFIES AND RELEASES / ENERGY. FIRE GIVES HEAT AND / LIGHT. LET FIRE BE THE / CELEBRATION OF YOUR DELIVERANCE. / LET LIGHTNING STRIKE, LET THE / FLAMES DEVOUR THE ENEMY!

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