Object number1985.19.21

(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: 85.19.21

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
DescriptionAll words are italicized unless otherwise noted. Black text against a pink background reads: MONDAY[unitalicized], SOMEONE DIED BECAUSE / HE HURT ME SO I CUT HIM / WITHOUT THINKING. TUESDAY[unitalicized], / SOME ANIMAL DIED BECAUSE HE / WAS TOO DANGERIOUS TO BE FREE. / WEDNESDAY[unitalicized], A THIEF DIED SO / EVERYONE WILL KNOW TO RESPECT / PRIVATE PROPERTY. THURSDAY[unitalicized], / SOME POLITICO DIED BECAUSE / HIS IDEAS WERE CRAZY AND / TOO CONTAGIOUS. FRIDAY[unitalicized], SOME / RAPIST DIED BECAUSE HE LEFT / HIS VICTIM WISHING SHE WAS / DEAD. HE HAD TO DIE WISHING HE / WAS ALIVE. SATURDAY[unitalicized], I KILLED / A CONDEMNED MAN SO NO ONE ELSE / WOULD GET BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. / SUNDAY[unitalicized], I RESTED. MONDAY[unitalicized], / SIZE PEOPLE JUMPED ME SO I / CUT THEM WITHOUT THINKING.

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