Object number1985.19.26

(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: 85.19.26

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: DON'T TALK DOWN TO ME. DON'T / BE POLITE TO ME. DON'T / TRY TO MAKE ME FEEL NICE. / DON'T RELAX. I'LL CUT THE / SMILE OFF YOUR FACE. YOU / THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S / GOING ON. YOU THINK I'M / AFRAID TO REACT. THE JOKE'S / ON YOU. I'M BIDING MY TIME, / LOOKING FOR THE SPOT. YOU / THINK NO ONE CAN REACH YOU, / NO ONE CAN HAVE WHAT YOU / HAVE. I'VE BEEN PLANNING / WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING. I'VE / BEEN SAVING WHILE YOU'RE / SPENDING. THE GAME IS / ALMOST OVER SO IT'S / TIME YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ME. / DO YOU WANT TO FALL NOT / EVER KNOWING WHO TOOK YOU?

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