Object number1985.19.15

(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 1/16 x 17 1/16 in. (43.34 x 43.34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.15

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 pink background reads: A REAL TORTURE WOULD BE TO / BUILD A SPARKLING CAGE WITH / 2-WAY MIRRORS AND STEEL BARS. / IN THERE WOULD BE GOOD-LOOKING / AND YOUNG GIRLS WHO'LL THINK / THEY'RE IN A REGULAR MOTEL / ROOM SO THEY'LL TAKE THEIR / CLOTHES OFF AND DO THE / DELICATE THINGS THAT GIRLS DO / WHEN THEY'RE SURE THEY'RE / ALONE. EVERYONE WHO WATCHES / WILL GO CRAZY BECAUSE THEY / WON'T BE BELIEVEING WHAT THEY'RE / SEEING BUT THEY'LL SEE THE BARS / AND KNOW THEY CAN'T GET IN. / AND, THEY'LL BE AFRAID TO / MAKE A MOVE BECAUSE THEY DON'T / WANT TO SCARE THE GIRLS AWAY / FROM DOING THE DELICIOUS / THINGS THEY'RE DOING.

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