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Jenny Holzer

Untitled ("CHANGE IS THE BASIS OF ALL HISTORY")

Description

Maker

Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950 in West Virginia ), (RISD MFA 1977, Painting)

Title

Untitled ("CHANGE IS THE BASIS OF ALL HISTORY")
Inflammatory Essays

Year

1979-1982 text date

Medium

  • offset lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • offset lithograph

Materials

offset lithograph

Supports

  • green wove paper

Dimensions

25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 inches) (sheet)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.11.1

Type

  • Prints

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 12: On Further Review

The RISD Museum’s twelfth issue of Manual focuses on uncovering narratives that were once central to objects’ histories but now have been systematically obscured, inadvertently overlooked, or otherwise lost.

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Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950 in West Virginia )
Untitled ("CHANGE IS THE BASIS OF ALL HISTORY"); Inflammatory Essays, 1979-1982 text date
offset lithograph
25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 inches) (sheet)
Museum Acquisition Fund 2003.11.1

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