Jenny Holzer

Selections from the Survival Series

1983–85

Gray poster with centered white text quoting a dream about finding a way to survive and feeling joy.

Gray poster with centered white text quoting a dream about finding a way to survive and feeling joy.

Not on view

Date
1983–85

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Portfolio box with foil stamped cloth cover

Dimensions
Overall: 25 5/8 × 21 1/2 × 2 in. (65.1 × 54.6 × 5.1 cm)

Accession number
2024.54.3

Edition
6/25

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

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

API
artworks/38626

Part of a series:
"In a dream ..."
12 works

Small animal bones arranged on a wooden surface to spell the word "LEG".

Two black-and-white portraits show a woman standing with her back turned and text columns beside.

A bearded man with closed eyes has his head gently cradled by another person's hands.

Large translucent red-orange sheet with curved edge against a pale background.

A dense field of stars and faint nebulae shown within a dark rectangular print framed by a beige mat.

Young person with curly hair and a dirt-smeared face looking directly at the camera.

Bright poppy flowers cluster against a dark background beside a golden panel with distorted mask reflections.

Factory workers sew garments while a manager gestures and shows fabric to a seated woman.

An older man gestures at a teenage boy adjusting his shirt while a woman watches by the window.

Gray poster with centered white text quoting a dream about finding a way to survive and feeling joy.

Jenny Holzer
37 works in the collection, 9 exhibitions

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