Lot 135
  • 135

Jenny Holzer

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jenny Holzer
  • Truism (A Strong Sense of Duty)
  • pencil on paper
  • 106 by 180cm.; 41 3/4 by 51 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1977-79.

Provenance

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2001

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Sophienholm, Kunstmuseum; Vendsyssel, Kunstmuseum, Passion, 2003, p. 176, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards ivory in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some undulation and creasing throughout the sheet. There are scattered artist’s pinholes throughout the sheet. On close examination there is a tiny fox mark at the upper centre of the left extreme edge, a tiny surface imperfection left of centre on the lower extreme edge, a few tiny rub marks in the lower right corner and some tiny media accretions left of centre on the lower extreme edge. There are a few light and unobtrusive lines of paper skinning at the centre of the top of the text and in a few places along the top edge. Unexamined out of frame.
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