Live Auction 20983Post-War to Present
JENNY HOLZER (B. 1950)
Lot 362 Property from an Important Minneapolis Private Collection

JENNY HOLZER (B. 1950)

Selection from Truisms: A sincere effort is all you can ask...

Closed29 September 2022

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JENNY HOLZER (B. 1950)
Selection from Truisms: A sincere effort is all you can ask...
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Jenny Holzer JH704 6/6' (on the underside)
Danby Imperial white marble
17 1/8 x 61 x 25 3/8 in. (43.7 x 154.9 x 64.5 cm.)
Executed in 2001. This work is number six from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.

Private collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007

Specialist note

"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