Jenny Holzer

Untitled with Selection from TRUISMS
1987

A marble bench with inscriptions on its surface and sides, featuring phrases such as "AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE," "IT'S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE," and "STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED," set against a plain background.

A marble bench with inscriptions on its surface and sides, featuring phrases such as "AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE," "IT'S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE," and "STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED," set against a plain background.

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Date
1987

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Danby Royal marble

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

Accession number
2006.231a-c

Edition
2/3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 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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Jenny Holzer
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