Jenny Holzer

Untitled with Selection from TRUISMS

1987

A marble bench engraved with provocative phrases about elites and the statement "stupid people shouldn't breed."
A marble bench engraved with provocative phrases about elites and the statement "stupid people shouldn't breed."

Jenny Holzer, Untitled with Selection from TRUISMS, 1987. Danby Royal marble, overall: 17 × 54 × 25 in. (43.2 × 137.2 × 63.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner 2006.231a-c. © Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1987

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Danby Royal marble

Dimensions
Overall: 17 × 54 × 25 in. (43.2 × 137.2 × 63.5 cm)

Accession number
2006.231a-c

Edition
2/3

Credit line
Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner

Rights and reproductions
© Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/29499




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