Jenny Holzer - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sprüth Magers, Berlin
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Jenny Holzer

    American • 1950

    Jenny Holzer is a Conceptual artist best known for her text-based public art projects. Holzer's work speaks of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Throughout the years, Holzer has employed a variety of media, from a T-shirt to a plaque to an LED sign. Starting in the 1970s with the New York City posters, and continuing through her recent light projections on landscape and architecture, she uses her art as a form of communication and commentary. Holzer's art hangs in important collections around the globe including 7 World Trade Center, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 

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TOP SECRET NOFORN 11 U.S. government document

signed, signed with the artist's initials, numbered and dated 'Jenny Holzer 2011 JH 1695' on the overlap
oil on linen, in artist's frame
152.8 x 116.9 cm (60 1/8 x 46 in.)
Executed in 2011.

Estimate
£80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for £100,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2019