Harvard Art Museums > M20617: "Fear is the Most Elegant Weapon..." Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation""Fear is the Most Elegant Weapon..." (Jenny Holzer) , M20617,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255913. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M20617 People Jenny Holzer, American (Gallipolis, Ohio born 1950) Title "Fear is the Most Elegant Weapon..." Other Titles Series/Book Title: Inflammatory Essays (Black Book Posters) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1979-1982 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255913 Physical Descriptions Technique Photolithograph Dimensions 25.6 × 25.6 cm (10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Private Collector, 1988, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1989. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift Copyright © Jenny Holzer / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1989 Object Number M20617 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu