Object number1985.19.8

(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: 85.19.8

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, NY, January 13 - March 19, 2006

DescriptionBlack italic text against a pink background reads: YOU GET AMAZING SENSATIONS FROM / GUNS. YOU GET RESULTS FROM GUNS. / MAN IS AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL; / YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD OFFENSE / AND A GOOD DEFENSE. TOO MANY / CITIZENS THINK THEY ARE HELPLESS. / THEY LEAVE EVERYTHING TO THE / AUTHORITIES AND THIS CAUSES / CORRUPTION. RESPONSIBILITY / SHOULD GO BACK WHERE IT BELONGS. / IT IS YOUR LIFE SO TAKE CONTROL / AND FEEL VITAL. THERE MAY BE / SOME ACCIDENTS ALONG THE PATH / TO SELF-EXPRESSION AND SELF- / DETERMINATION. SOME HARMLESS / PEOPLE WILL BE HURT. HOWEVER, / G-U-N SPELLS PRIDE TO THE / STRONG, SAFETY TO THE WEAK / AND HOPE TO THE HOPELESS. / GUNS MAKE WRONG RIGHT FAST.

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