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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
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Exhibition History

  • DISSENT!, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/11/2006 - 02/25/2007

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