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Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
Lot 119

Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)

Survival

Closed6 March 2014

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USD 62,500

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Jenny Holzer (b. 1950)
Survival
signed Jenny Holzer (on label on the reverse)
horizontal LED sign with red diodes and black housing
5½ x 109 x 3 in. (13.3 x 277 x 7.6 cm.)
Executed between 1989 - 2006. This work is from an edition of five plus one artist's proof.

Collection of the artist
Munchen, Monika Spruth Philomene Magers
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007

Specialist note

"I wanted to be explicit about things, and it became clear that the only other way for me to do it was to use language. People can understand when you say or write anything"
(J. Simon, 'Other Voices, Other Forms,' Jenny Holzer, Germany, 2008, p. 21).