Object number1985.19.13

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove orange 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: 85.19.13

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 an orange background reads: THOU ART THAT KIND OF PRIVILEDGED / WOMAN WHO IS REALLY REALLY / SURE THAT NOTHING WILL EVER / HAPPEN TO THEE. THOU IMAGINE / THAT THOU ART SACRED, THAT / THY BODY IS A TEMPLE WHERE / NONE BUT THE ANOINTED MAY / ENTER. SUPRISE! THY TEMPLE / GATES ARE ABOUT TO BE / OPENED. BEFORE THOU CAN SHIVER, / EVERYONE WILL BE EXPLORING THY / SECRET ALTAR. FREE ADMISSION! / THOU WILL BE COMMON PROPERTY, / EVERYONE'S WHORE, BEFORE / THOU ART USED-UP, MESSED-UP / AND THROWN IN A PILE WITH / OTHER JUNK THAT USED TO / LOOK GOOD BUT IS USELESS. / IT IS THINE OWN FAULT. THOU / THOUGHT THOU WERE BETTER THAN US.

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