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Jenny Holzer

VOTING IS YOUR SUPERPOWER from the series YOU VOTE, Atlanta Georgia, December 15, 2020

Jenny Holzer VOTING IS YOUR SUPERPOWER from the series YOU VOTE, Atlanta Georgia, December 15, 2020 2021 Pigment print

Edition of 12
Image size: 30 5/8 x 45 7/8 inches (77.8 x 116.5 cm)
Paper size: 33 5/8 x 48 7/8 inches (85.4 x 124.1 cm)
Signed and numbered lower right in graphite
(Inventory #33672)
Jenny Holzer VOTING IS YOUR SUPERPOWER from the series YOU VOTE, Atlanta Georgia, December 15, 2020, 2021
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Selected Works

Pearl’s Truisms & Survival

Jenny Holzer Pearl’s Truisms & Survival 2013 Horizontal LED sign: RGB diodes, stainless steel housing

Text: Truisms (1977-79) and Survival (1983-85)
9 3/8 x 68 x 2 3/8 inches  (23.6 x 173 x 6.1 cm)
Edition of 6
Signed and numbered on reverse
(Inventory #31516)

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Jenny Holzer Pearl’s Truisms & Survival, 2013
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Amber Truisms Living

Jenny Holzer Amber Truisms Living 2008 Semi-circular electronic LED sign with amber diodes, electro-polish aluminum housing with seamless light filter

2 x 21 x 10 3/4 inches  (5.1 x 53.3 x 27.3 cm)
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered on label on reverse
(Inventory #29671)

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Jenny Holzer Amber Truisms Living, 2008
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Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…)

Jenny Holzer Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…) 1988 Granite

Edition of 40
16 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches (40.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm)
(Inventory #32089)

TEXT READS ON TOP:
AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
MONEY CREATES TASTE
MURDER HAS IT’S SEXUAL SIDE
SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE

FRONT SIDE TEXT READS:
STARVATION IS NATURE’S WAY

BACK SIDE TEXT READS:
EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
Jenny Holzer Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…), 1988
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Jenny Holzer Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…) 1988 Granite

Edition of 40
16 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches (40.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm)
(Inventory #32089)

TEXT READS ON TOP:
AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
MONEY CREATES TASTE
MURDER HAS IT’S SEXUAL SIDE
SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE

FRONT SIDE TEXT READS:
STARVATION IS NATURE’S WAY

BACK SIDE TEXT READS:
EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
Jenny Holzer Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…) 1988 Granite

Edition of 40
16 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches (40.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm)
(Inventory #32089)

TEXT READS ON TOP:
AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
MONEY CREATES TASTE
MURDER HAS IT’S SEXUAL SIDE
SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE

FRONT SIDE TEXT READS:
STARVATION IS NATURE’S WAY

BACK SIDE TEXT READS:
EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
Jenny Holzer Truism Footstool (Starvation is nature’s way…) 1988 Granite

Edition of 40
16 x 23 x 15 3/4 inches (40.6 x 58.4 x 40 cm)
(Inventory #32089)

TEXT READS ON TOP:
AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE
HUMOR IS A RELEASE
MONEY CREATES TASTE
MURDER HAS IT’S SEXUAL SIDE
SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
WAR IS A PURIFICATION RITE

FRONT SIDE TEXT READS:
STARVATION IS NATURE’S WAY

BACK SIDE TEXT READS:
EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL

AKA

Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)
Jenny Holzer AKA, 2006
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Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)
Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)
Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)
Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)
Jenny Holzer AKA 2006 Set of five etchings

Image size: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches each (49 x 37.5 cm each)
Paper size: 29 13/16 x 22 5/16 inches each (75.7 x 56.7 cm each)
Edition of 40
Signed lower right and numbered lower left on the first print of the set
(Inventory #30934)

10 Inflammatory Essays

Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays, 1979-82
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Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)
Jenny Holzer 10 Inflammatory Essays 1979-82 Set of 10 offset posters on colored paper

Image/paper size: 17 x 17 inches each 43.2 x 43.2 cm each)
Signed lower right on the white page
(Inventory #33753)

8 Truisms

Jenny Holzer 8 Truisms 1977-79 Set of eight offset posters on paper

Image/paper size:  34 3/4 x 22 7/8 inches  (88.3 x 58.1 cm)
Signed lower right on last sheet
(Inventory #30422)
Jenny Holzer 8 Truisms, 1977-79
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Conclusion black

Jenny Holzer Conclusion black 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33096)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion black, 2016
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Jenny Holzer Conclusion black 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33096)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion black 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33096)

Conclusion yellow

Jenny Holzer Conclusion yellow 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33098)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion yellow, 2016
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Jenny Holzer Conclusion yellow 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33098)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion yellow 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33098)

Conclusion red

Jenny Holzer Conclusion red 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33099)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion red, 2016
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Jenny Holzer Conclusion red 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33099)
Jenny Holzer Conclusion red 2016 Aquatint and white ground etching

Text: U.S. government document
Edition of 35, 10 AP
Image/plate size: 22 x 17 inches (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Paper size: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #33099)

Selection from ‘Living 1980 – 1982’

Jenny Holzer Selection from ‘Living 1980 – 1982’ 1999 Heliogravure on Zerkall rag paper

Edition of 99
Image size: 14 7/16 x 21 3/8 inches (36.7 x 54.3 cm)
Plate size: 14 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches (37.1 x 57.5 cm)
Paper size: 17 5/8 x 24 1/4 inches (44.8 x 61.6 cm)
Signed lower right, numbered lower left
(Inventory #30266)
Jenny Holzer Selection from ‘Living 1980 – 1982’, 1999
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BRITISH FRIENDS

Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS 2017 Set of 6 Irish linen double damask napkins with satin band finish and bespoke embroidery

Text: Survival, 1983-85
Edition of 25, 5 AP
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm)
The napkins are embroidered with the following line from “Survival”:

IN A DREAM YOU
SAW A WAY TO
SURVIVE
AND YOU WERE
FULL OF JOY
(Inventory #33689)
Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS, 2017
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Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS 2017 Set of 6 Irish linen double damask napkins with satin band finish and bespoke embroidery

Text: Survival, 1983-85
Edition of 25, 5 AP
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm)
The napkins are embroidered with the following line from “Survival”:

IN A DREAM YOU
SAW A WAY TO
SURVIVE
AND YOU WERE
FULL OF JOY
(Inventory #33689)
Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS 2017 Set of 6 Irish linen double damask napkins with satin band finish and bespoke embroidery

Text: Survival, 1983-85
Edition of 25, 5 AP
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm)
The napkins are embroidered with the following line from “Survival”:

IN A DREAM YOU
SAW A WAY TO
SURVIVE
AND YOU WERE
FULL OF JOY
(Inventory #33689)
Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS 2017 Set of 6 Irish linen double damask napkins with satin band finish and bespoke embroidery

Text: Survival, 1983-85
Edition of 25, 5 AP
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm)
The napkins are embroidered with the following line from “Survival”:

IN A DREAM YOU
SAW A WAY TO
SURVIVE
AND YOU WERE
FULL OF JOY
(Inventory #33689)
Jenny Holzer BRITISH FRIENDS 2017 Set of 6 Irish linen double damask napkins with satin band finish and bespoke embroidery

Text: Survival, 1983-85
Edition of 25, 5 AP
22 x 22 inches (56 x 56 cm)
The napkins are embroidered with the following line from “Survival”:

IN A DREAM YOU
SAW A WAY TO
SURVIVE
AND YOU WERE
FULL OF JOY
(Inventory #33689)

Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views,
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Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: 1977-2013
March 21, 2015 – April 25, 2015, Barbara Krakow Gallery

Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views

Jenny Holzer: Archive
April 28, 2007 – June 6, 2007, Barbara Krakow Gallery
Jenny Holzer Exhibition Views,
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