Lot Essay
I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.
—Jenny Holzer
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Selection from Survival: Men don't protect…
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Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
Selection from Survival: Men don't protect…
incised with the artist's studio inventory number and numbered 'JH974 5/10' (on the underside)
Danby Imperial white marble footstool
17 x 23 x 15 ¾ in. (43.2 x 58.4 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 2006. This work is number five from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs.
Selection from Survival: Men don't protect…
incised with the artist's studio inventory number and numbered 'JH974 5/10' (on the underside)
Danby Imperial white marble footstool
17 x 23 x 15 ¾ in. (43.2 x 58.4 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 2006. This work is number five from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014
Exhibited
New York, Cheim & Read, The Female Gaze: Women Look at Men, June-September 2016 (another example exhibited).
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I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.
—Jenny Holzer