Object number1985.19.27

(Untitled)

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays

Date1979-1982

Artist Jenny Holzer (American, 1950-)

CultureAmerican

MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove yellow 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: 85.19.27

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 yellow background reads: PEOPLE MUST PAY FOR WHAT THEY / HOLD, FOR WHAT THEY STEAL. / YOU HAVE LIVED OFF THE FAT OF / THE LAND. NOW YOU ARE THE PIG / WHO IS READY FOR SLAUGHTER. / YOU ARE THE OLD ENEMY, THE NEW / VICTIM. WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING / AWFUL EXPECT RETRIBUTION IN / KIND. LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. / SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING. THE / POOR YOU HAVE ROBBED AND / IGNORED ARE IMPATIENT. / PLEAD INNOCENT; YOUR SQUEALS / INVITE TORTURE. PROMISE TO BE / GOOD; YOUR LIES EXCITE AND / INFLAME. YOU ARE TOO DEPRAVED / TO REFORM, TOO TREACHEROUS / TO SPARE, TOO HIDEOUS FOR / MERCY. RUN! JUMP! HIDE! / PROVIDE SPORT FOR THE HUNTERS.

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