Object number1985.19.7
(Untitled)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays
Date1979-1982
Artist
Jenny Holzer
(American, 1950-)
CultureAmerican
MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove mint green 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 viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.7
ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 13 - March 19, 2006DescriptionBlack italic text against a mint green background reads: FOOD WON'T GO DOWN WHEN YOU / KNOW YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T / WANT YOU, NEVER LIKED TO FEED / YOU, ALWAYS HATED YOU IN HER / ROOMS. YOU WERE WRONG TO / CLUTCH AND SWALLOW AND MOVE / YOUR MOUTH. YOU MUST NOT BE / FLUSHED, LAYERED IN FAT OR / RIPE FROM MEAT OR SHE WILL / DESPISE YOUR SIGHT. YOUR / SKELETON CRIES, " I MAKE / NO DEMANDS, I AM ASHAMED / OF MY NEEDS, I AM UNWORTHY. / I'M AWARE OF THOSE MORE / DESERVING, THOSE WITH PRIOR / AND URGENT CLAIMS TO FOOD." / SKELETON SAYS, "MY SAFETY / IS IN SLIGHTNESS, MY PRIDE / IS DENIAL. MY VICTORY IS / NO GLUTTONY, NO GUILT."
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