Object number1985.19.11
(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
DimensionsImage: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.11
ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryModern Art from Friends’ Collections: A Loan Exhibition Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Friends of the Vassar Art Gallery. The Vassar Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, April 18 - June 9, 1985; Presses, 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: REJOICE! OUR TIMES ARE INTOLERABLE. / TAKE COURAGE, FOR THE WORST IS A / HARBINGER OF THE BEST. ONLY / DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE CAN PRECIPITATE / THE OVERTHROW OF OPPRESSORS. THE / OLD AND CORRUPT MUST BE LAID TO / WASTE BEFORE THE JUST CAN TRIUMPH. / OPPOSITION IDENTIFIES AND / ISOLATES THE ENEMY. CONFLICT / OF INTEREST MUST BE SEEN FOR / WHAT IT IS. DO NOT SUPPORT / PALLIATIVE GESTURES; THEY CONFUSE / THE PEOPLE AND DELAY THE INEVITABLE / CONFRONTATION. DELAY IS NOT / TOLERATED FOR IT JEOPARDIZES THE / WELL-BEING OF THE MAJORITY. / CONTRADICTION WILL BE HEIGHTENED. / THE RECKONING WILL BE HASTENED BY / THE STAGING OF SEED DISTURBANCES. / THE APOCALYPSE WILL BLOSSOM.
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