Object number1985.19.1

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove pink 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: 85.19.1

ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Vassar Exhibitions

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

Exhibition HistorySummer Reading: The Recreation of Language in Twentieth Century Art, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 29 - September 16, 2001;

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

DescriptionBlack italic text against a pink background reads: REPRESSING SEX URGES IS SO / BAD. POISON DAMS UP INSIDE / AND THEN IT MUST COME OUT. / WHEN SEX IS HELD BACK TOO / LONG IT COMES OUT FAST AND / WILD. IT CAN DO A LOT OF / HARM. INNOCENT PEOPLE GET / SHOT OR CUT BY CONFUSED SEX / URGES. THEY DON'T KNOW / WHAT HIT THEM UNTIL TOO / LATE. PARENTS SHOULD LET / CHILDREN EXPRESS THEMSELVES / SO THEY DON'T GET MEAN EARLY. / ADULTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY / FIND MANY OUTLETS. ALL / PEOPLE SHOULD RESPOND TO / BIG SEX NEEDS. DON'T MAKE FUN / OF INDIVIDUALS AND SEND THEM / AWAY. IT'S BETTER TO / VOLUNTEER THAN TO GET FORCED.

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