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Jenny Holzer, ‘Selection from 'Living 1980 - 1982'’, 1999

Jenny Holzer

American, b. 1950

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Inflammatory Essays: 19 plates (21 prints)

21 offset lithographs in black, two duplicates, on variously colored papers, with full margins.

all S. approx. 10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)

Apr 17, 2025 • Phillips

Inflammatory Essays: 19 plates (21 prints)

21 offset lithographs in black, two duplicates, on variously colored papers, with full margins.

all S. approx. 10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Use What is Dominant in a Culture to Change it Quickly

Screenprint in red, on brushed aluminum.

15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm)

Apr 17, 2025 • Phillips

Use What is Dominant in a Culture to Change it Quickly

Screenprint in red, on brushed aluminum.

15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Under a Rock, 1986

artist installation comprising electronic LED sign with red and green diodes

24.1 x 285.8 x 14 cm (9 1/2 x 112 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Apr 10, 2025 • Phillips

Under a Rock, 1986

artist installation comprising electronic LED sign with red and green diodes

24.1 x 285.8 x 14 cm (9 1/2 x 112 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Phillips • London

New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

Untitled (from the survival series), 1983

7.6 x 25.5 cm (2 7/8 x 10 in.)

Mar 13, 2025 • Phillips

Untitled (from the survival series), 1983

7.6 x 25.5 cm (2 7/8 x 10 in.)

Phillips • London

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, London

Blue Corner: Lustmord, Erlauf, Arno, Blue, Oh, 2002

electronic LED sign, blue diodes and stainless steel

13.3 x 242.3 x 7.6 cm

Mar 6, 2025 • Christie's

Blue Corner: Lustmord, Erlauf, Arno, Blue, Oh, 2002

electronic LED sign, blue diodes and stainless steel

13.3 x 242.3 x 7.6 cm

Live Auction 23512 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

Inflammatory Essays

he complete set of ten offset lithographs, on variously colored wove papers

Feb 26, 2025 • Christie's

Inflammatory Essays

he complete set of ten offset lithographs, on variously colored wove papers

Contemporary Edition: New York

Survival: Go where people sleep and..., 1989

Indian red granite

43.5 x 106.7 x 45.7 cm

Feb 26, 2025 • Sotheby's

Survival: Go where people sleep and..., 1989

Indian red granite

43.5 x 106.7 x 45.7 cm

Contemporary Curated

Blue Curve, 2007

electronic L.E.D sign with diodes

58.6 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm

Jan 24, 2025 • Sotheby's

Blue Curve, 2007

electronic L.E.D sign with diodes

58.6 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm

Contemporary Discoveries

Inflammatory Essays (Waldman, pgs. 62-69), 1979

21 offset lithographs on multi-colored wove papers

Jan 14, 2025 • Bonhams

Inflammatory Essays (Waldman, pgs. 62-69), 1979

21 offset lithographs on multi-colored wove papers

Prints & Photographs

Je Lis Ta Peau, 2001

Screenprint on white Bristol board

Dec 18, 2024 • Artsy Auction

Je Lis Ta Peau, 2001

Screenprint on white Bristol board

Artsy Auction: The Prints/The Finds (December 2024)

mini LED sign with red, yellow and green diodes and aluminum frame

10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm

Dec 18, 2024 • Christie's

mini LED sign with red, yellow and green diodes and aluminum frame

10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm

First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art

Truisms 1, 1977

mini LED sign with red, yellow and green diodes and aluminum frame

10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm

Dec 18, 2024 • Christie's

Truisms 1, 1977

mini LED sign with red, yellow and green diodes and aluminum frame

10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm

First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art

TOP SECRET, blue, 2010

147.5 x 112.0 cm

Dec 5, 2024 • Sotheby's

TOP SECRET, blue, 2010

147.5 x 112.0 cm

Modern & Contemporary Art

Black and White 21, 2017

graphite and watercolour on vellum, in artist's frame

76.4 x 53.1 cm (30 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Dec 4, 2024 • Phillips

Black and White 21, 2017

graphite and watercolour on vellum, in artist's frame

76.4 x 53.1 cm (30 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

Phillips • London

New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

Survival Series: In a dream you saw a way..., 1998

Vermont white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 43.2 cm

Nov 22, 2024 • Christie's

Survival Series: In a dream you saw a way..., 1998

Vermont white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 43.2 cm

Live Auction 23142 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

146.8 x 111.8 cm

Nov 22, 2024 • Christie's

146.8 x 111.8 cm

Live Auction 23142 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

"Inflammatory Essays", 1979

12 offset lithographs on different colored vellum paper

Nov 12, 2024 • Dorotheum

"Inflammatory Essays", 1979

12 offset lithographs on different colored vellum paper

Modern and Contemporary Prints

The Living Series: Even with your eyes closed..., 1989

Bethel White granite

43.8 x 91.3 x 45.3 cm

Oct 10, 2024 • Christie's

The Living Series: Even with your eyes closed..., 1989

Bethel White granite

43.8 x 91.3 x 45.3 cm

Live Auction 22683 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

White Curve, 2007

electronic LED sign with white diodes

5.0 x 58.0 x 1.5 cm

Oct 3, 2024 • Christie's

White Curve, 2007

electronic LED sign with white diodes

5.0 x 58.0 x 1.5 cm

The Proximus Art Collection: Selected Works

vertical LED sign with blue diodes and stainless steel housing

194.9 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm

Oct 1, 2024 • Christie's

vertical LED sign with blue diodes and stainless steel housing

194.9 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm

Live Auction 23102 Post-War to Present

The Conversation Always Turns to Living Long Enough to Have Fun, 2005

danbury Imperial white marble footstool

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

Sep 27, 2024 • Sotheby's

The Conversation Always Turns to Living Long Enough to Have Fun, 2005

danbury Imperial white marble footstool

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

Contemporary Curated

Untitled (Working Title), 2003

electronic LED sign with aluminum and Nichia white diodes

13.3 x 63.4 x 7.6 cm

Sep 27, 2024 • Sotheby's

Untitled (Working Title), 2003

electronic LED sign with aluminum and Nichia white diodes

13.3 x 63.4 x 7.6 cm

Contemporary Curated

Selection from Survival: Die fast and quiet..., 2006

17 1/4 x 23 x 15 3/4 in. (43.8 x 58.4 x 40 cm)

Sep 25, 2024 • Phillips

Selection from Survival: Die fast and quiet..., 2006

17 1/4 x 23 x 15 3/4 in. (43.8 x 58.4 x 40 cm)

Phillips • New York

New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

Under a Rock, 1986

LED sign with red and yellow diodes in black aluminum housing

14.3 x 118.7 x 11.1 cm

Jul 17, 2024 • Christie's

Under a Rock, 1986

LED sign with red and yellow diodes in black aluminum housing

14.3 x 118.7 x 11.1 cm

First Open | Post-War & Contemporary Art

Living: There's no reason to sleep curled up..., 1980

Jul 9, 2024 • Sotheby's

Living: There's no reason to sleep curled up..., 1980

Contemporary Discoveries

Delicately interconnected; and Survival Series, 2020

one screenprint in gray with enamel and palladium leaf additions on Coventry Rag wove paper; 12 unsharpened pencils with red metallic embossing in the original cardboard box

Jul 9, 2024 • Sotheby's

Delicately interconnected; and Survival Series, 2020

one screenprint in gray with enamel and palladium leaf additions on Coventry Rag wove paper; 12 unsharpened pencils with red metallic embossing in the original cardboard box

Contemporary Discoveries

Purple Truisms Survival, 1180

Electronic mini LED screen with blue and red (purple) diodes, with text from <em>Selections from Truisms and Survival</em>, contained in the original artist's specified metal frame.

4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm)

Jun 27, 2024 • Phillips

Purple Truisms Survival, 1180

Electronic mini LED screen with blue and red (purple) diodes, with text from <em>Selections from Truisms and Survival</em>, contained in the original artist's specified metal frame.

4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Selection from Truisms: Being happy is..., 2015

43.3 x 63.5 x 40.5 cm

Jun 27, 2024 • Christie's

Selection from Truisms: Being happy is..., 2015

43.3 x 63.5 x 40.5 cm

Live Auction 22678 Post-War to Present

Selections from Erlauf (Memorial Bench II), 1995

carbon on tracing paper

190.5 x 69.5 cm

Jun 13, 2024 • Sotheby's

Selections from Erlauf (Memorial Bench II), 1995

carbon on tracing paper

190.5 x 69.5 cm

A Life In Art: The Mallin Collection Part II

With You Inside Me Comes the Knowledge of My Death (Parkett 40/41)

Inscribed sterling silver snake ring with hand-finishing, contained in the original felt-lined wooden box.

ring 3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.) box 4.1 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)

Jun 7, 2024 • Phillips

With You Inside Me Comes the Knowledge of My Death (Parkett 40/41)

Inscribed sterling silver snake ring with hand-finishing, contained in the original felt-lined wooden box.

ring 3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.) box 4.1 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.)

Phillips • London

Evening & Day Editions

Truisms: 12 works

Twelve screenprints in colours, on wood.

all 10.1 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 1/8 in.)

Jun 7, 2024 • Phillips

Truisms: 12 works

Twelve screenprints in colours, on wood.

all 10.1 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 1/8 in.)

Phillips • London

Evening & Day Editions

Inflammatory Essays: 10 works

Ten offset lithographs in black, on various coloured wove papers, with full margins.

all I. approximately 20.2 x 22.5 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) all S. 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)

Jun 7, 2024 • Phillips

Inflammatory Essays: 10 works

Ten offset lithographs in black, on various coloured wove papers, with full margins.

all I. approximately 20.2 x 22.5 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) all S. 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)

Phillips • London

Evening & Day Editions

”The Living Series: When you've been someplace... (Bench 11)”, 1980

Graphite and pencil on tracing paper

55.7 x 100.7 cm

May 31, 2024 • Grisebach

”The Living Series: When you've been someplace... (Bench 11)”, 1980

Graphite and pencil on tracing paper

55.7 x 100.7 cm

Contemporary Art

The Living Series: You can watch people align themselves..., 1989

Bethel white granite

43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm

May 17, 2024 • Christie's

The Living Series: You can watch people align themselves..., 1989

Bethel white granite

43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm

Live Auction 22978 Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale

Selection from the Living Series, 1982

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

May 15, 2024 • Phillips

Selection from the Living Series, 1982

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Phillips • New York

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh..., 1989

Bethel white granite

17 x 36 x 18 in. (43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm)

May 15, 2024 • Phillips

Living Series: There's the Sensation of a lot of Flesh..., 1989

Bethel white granite

17 x 36 x 18 in. (43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm)

Phillips • New York

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

Selection from Survival: Men don't protect..., 2006

Danby Imperial white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

May 14, 2024 • Sotheby's

Selection from Survival: Men don't protect..., 2006

Danby Imperial white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

Contemporary Day Auction

The Living Series: You wonder if the pain in the side..., 1981

hand-painted enamel on metal sign

53.6 x 58.4 cm (21 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.)

Apr 19, 2024 • Phillips

The Living Series: You wonder if the pain in the side..., 1981

hand-painted enamel on metal sign

53.6 x 58.4 cm (21 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.)

Phillips • London

New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

Artists' Bookplates

The complete set of 250 offset lithographs, on wove paper, all contained in the original gray archival document box.

all S. 5 x 3 in. (12.7 x 7.6 cm) box 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.6 x 3.8 cm)

Apr 18, 2024 • Phillips

Artists' Bookplates

The complete set of 250 offset lithographs, on wove paper, all contained in the original gray archival document box.

all S. 5 x 3 in. (12.7 x 7.6 cm) box 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.6 x 3.8 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Inflammatory Essays: 10 plates

Ten offset lithographs, on various colored wove papers, with full margins, all contained in the original plastic bag.

all I. approx. 12 3/4 x 14 in. (32.4 x 35.6 cm) all S. 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Apr 18, 2024 • Phillips

Inflammatory Essays: 10 plates

Ten offset lithographs, on various colored wove papers, with full margins, all contained in the original plastic bag.

all I. approx. 12 3/4 x 14 in. (32.4 x 35.6 cm) all S. 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Purple Truisms Survival, 1180

Electronic mini LED screen with blue and red (purple) diodes, with text from <em>Selections from Truisms and Survival</em>, contained in the original artist's specified metal frame.

4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm)

Apr 18, 2024 • Phillips

Purple Truisms Survival, 1180

Electronic mini LED screen with blue and red (purple) diodes, with text from <em>Selections from Truisms and Survival</em>, contained in the original artist's specified metal frame.

4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (10.2 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

It's a Safe Game to Play..., from The Living Series

Cast bronze plaque multiple.

8 x 10 x 3/8 in. (20.3 x 25.4 x 1 cm)

Apr 18, 2024 • Phillips

It's a Safe Game to Play..., from The Living Series

Cast bronze plaque multiple.

8 x 10 x 3/8 in. (20.3 x 25.4 x 1 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Survival: Protect me from what I want..., 1986

cast bronze plaque

Apr 16, 2024 • Christie's

Survival: Protect me from what I want..., 1986

cast bronze plaque

Live Auction 23053 Prints and Multiples

Living Series: It's an odd feeling when..., 1989

Bethel white granite

43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm

Mar 13, 2024 • Christie's

Living Series: It's an odd feeling when..., 1989

Bethel white granite

43.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm

Live Auction 22899 Post-War to Present

Untitled from the Survival Series, 1983

3 x 10 1/8 in. (7.6 x 25.7 cm)

Mar 12, 2024 • Phillips

Untitled from the Survival Series, 1983

3 x 10 1/8 in. (7.6 x 25.7 cm)

Phillips • New York

Under a Rock: People Go To The River..., 1986

misty black granite bench

43.8 x 121.9 x 53.3 cm

Mar 1, 2024 • Sotheby's

Under a Rock: People Go To The River..., 1986

misty black granite bench

43.8 x 121.9 x 53.3 cm

Contemporary Curated

Electronic mini LED screen with red diodes, contained in the original black painted wood artist's specified frame.

3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (9.5 x 11.4 x 2.9 cm)

Feb 15, 2024 • Phillips

Electronic mini LED screen with red diodes, contained in the original black painted wood artist's specified frame.

3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (9.5 x 11.4 x 2.9 cm)

Phillips • New York

Editions & Works on Paper

Electronic LED sign with blue diodes and anodized aluminium housing.

41.9 x 4.8 x 1.2 cm (16 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)

Jan 18, 2024 • Phillips

Electronic LED sign with blue diodes and anodized aluminium housing.

41.9 x 4.8 x 1.2 cm (16 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)

Phillips • London

Evening & Day Editions

Selection from Survival: What Urge Will Save Us..., 2005

danby Imperial white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

Nov 16, 2023 • Sotheby's

Selection from Survival: What Urge Will Save Us..., 2005

danby Imperial white marble

43.2 x 58.4 x 40.0 cm

Contemporary Day Auction

Secret Page 3, 2014

203.2 x 157.5 cm

Nov 16, 2023 • Sotheby's

Secret Page 3, 2014

203.2 x 157.5 cm

Contemporary Day Auction

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