Object number1985.19.28

(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: 85.19.28

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: OH LORD WHEN YOU ARE ALONE / AND DO NOT WANT TO BE, YOU / LIE IN BED WITH YOUR OWN / SHOULDER WRAPPED AROUND AND / BENEATH YOURSELF SO THAT / THE SURGES OF PAIN KEEP / YOU COMPANY. THIS IS HURTFUL / BUT IT IS SO MUCH BETTER / THAN NO NERVES FIRING AT ALL. / THE WORST IS WHEN THERE'S / NO ONE NEAR TO PRESS ON YOU / AND MAKE DENTS IN YOUR / SKIN WITH THEIR FINGER NAILS. / YOU ARE LEFT RUNNING YOUR / HANDS ALL OVER YOURSELF, BITING / TRYING AND EXPERIMENTING / TO CREATE SENSATIONS. THE / ENORMOUS FEELINGS YOU MAKE / PROVE TO YOURSELF THAT / YOU CREATE GREAT EXCITEMENT.

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