Object number1985.19.2

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

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

EditionUnlimited edition

DimensionsSheet: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.2

ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Vassar Exhibitions

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

Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 13 - March 19, 2006
DescriptionBlack italic text against a beige background reads: SENTIMENTALITY DELAYS THE REMOVAL OF / THE POLITCALLY BACKWARD AND THE / ORGANICALLY UNSOUND. RIGOROUS / SELECTION IS MANDATORY IS SOCIAL AND / GENETIC ENGINEERING. INCORRECT / MERCIFUL IMPULSES PROSTPONE THE / CLEANSING THAT PRECEDE REFORM. / SHORT-TERM NICETIES MUST YIELD TO / LONG-RANGE NECESSITY. MORALS WILL BE / REVISED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF / TODAY. MEANINGLESS PLATITUDES WILL / BE PULLED FROM TONGUES AND MINDS. / WORDS LIKE "PURGE" AND "EUTHANASIA" / DESERVE NEW CONNOTATIONS. THEY SHOULD / BE RECOGNIZED AS THE RATIONAL PUBLIC / POLICIES THEY ARE. THE GREATEST / DANGER IS NOT EXCESSIVE ZEAL BUT UNDUE / HESTIATION. WE WILL LEARN TO IMITATE / NATURE. HER KILLS NOURISH STRONG / LIFE. SQUEAMISHNESS IS THE CRIME.

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