Object number1985.19.24
(Untitled)
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays
Date1979-1982
Artist
Jenny Holzer
(American, 1950-)
CultureAmerican
MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove off-white paper
EditionUnlimited edition
DimensionsSheet: 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: 85.19.24
ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryPresses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 13 - March 19, 2006DescriptionBlack italic text against an off-white background reads: RUIN YOUR FUCKING SELF BEFORE / THEY DO. OTHERWISE THEY'LL / SCREW YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A / NOBODY. THEY'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO / CRAWL AND SAY "THANK-YOU" FOR / EVERY BONE THEY THROW. YOU / MIGHT AS WELL STAY DRUNK OR / SHOOT JUNK AND BE A CRAZY / FUCKER. IF THE RICH GUYS WANT / TO PLAY WITH YOU, MAKE THEM / GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY. SEND / THEM AWAY GAGGING, OR / SOBBING IF THEY'RE SOFT- / HEARTED. YOU'LL BE LEFT ALONE / IF YOU'RE FRIGHTENING, AND / DEAD YOU'RE FREE! YOU CAN / CHANGE THE RADIANT CHILD IN / YOU TO A REFLECTION OF THE / SHIT YOU WERE MEANT TO SERVE.
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