Object number1985.19.19
(Untitled)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays
Date1979-1982
Artist
Jenny Holzer
(American, 1950-)
CultureAmerican
MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove lavender colored paper
EditionUnlimited edition
DimensionsSheet: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.19
ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 13 - March 19, 2006DescriptionBlack italic text against a lavender background reads: ONLY MY BROTHER MEN KNOW / MY SECRETS. ONLY THEIR HEARTS / BEATH THE SAME CADENCE. ONLY / BROTHERS SPEAK IN THE SPECIAL / VOICE AND PLAN RAIDS TO STOP / THE SPREADING INSOLENCE OF THE/ SLAVE RACE. ONLY BROTHER MEN / WEAR THE ROBES AND BECOME / GREATER THAN THEIR INDIVIDUAL / SELVES. IN DARK AND BREATHLESS / SILENCE BROTHER MEN MINGLE / THE BLOOD, SEAL THE PACT, / START THE HUNT, CIRCLE THE / SLAVE. BROTHER MEN CRACK THE / HUSH AND SWING A TORCH TOWARD / TERRIFIED EYES. BROTHER MEN / LIGHT A FIRE TO CELEBRATE / VICTORY OVER SLAVES WHO NEVER / SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN, WHO ONCE / BORN MUST SERVE AND OBEY.
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