Jenny Holzer

Under a Rock: You spit on them because...

1986

Dark rectangular stone bench with engraved poetic text across its top, standing on two sturdy legs.
Dark rectangular stone bench with engraved poetic text across its top, standing on two sturdy legs.

Jenny Holzer, Under a Rock: You spit on them because..., 1986. Granite, overall: 17 1/2 × 36 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (44.5 × 91.8 × 41 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2020.139a-c. © Jenny Holzer/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1986

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Granite

Dimensions
Overall: 17 1/2 × 36 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (44.5 × 91.8 × 41 cm)

Accession number
2020.139a-c

Edition
3/3

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

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

API
artworks/37779




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