Artist Monograph

Jenny Holzer, American

American, born 1950

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	7	46.7%
Other Media	4	26.7%
Drawing	2	13.3%
Oil Painting	1	6.7%
Video	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	11	73.3%
Drawings & Prints	4	26.7%

Production by Decade

1

1970s

12

1980s

1

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 8
Painting — 2
Drawing — 2
Installation — 1
Print — 1
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	46.7%
Large (1–3 m)	6	40%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	13.3%

Range: 8.7 cm → 334.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1986	2
1988	1
1990	1
1996	1
1998	1
2003	1
2005	1
2007	5
2016	1
2018	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Truisms Print Acc. 177.1988	1978–87	Photostat	composition: 8' x 40" (243.9 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Living: More people will be building hiding places… Sculpture Acc. 4.2007	1980-82	Bronze	8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Living: More than once I've wakened with tears… Sculpture Acc. 5.2007	1980-82	Bronze	7 5/8 x 10 1/8" (19.4 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Living: Some days you wake up and immediately… Sculpture Acc. 6.2007	1980-82	Bronze	8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Living: There's no reason to sleep curled up… Sculpture Acc. 7.2007	1980-82	Bronze	7 5/8 x 10" (19.4 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Living: You should limit the number of times… Sculpture Acc. 8.2007	1980-82	Bronze	8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Trust visions that don't feature buckets of blood Painting Acc. 731.2018	1983-84	Spray paint on canvas	107 7/8 x 119 3/4" (274 x 304 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds, and gift of The Modern Women's Fund
Electric Sign Sculpture Acc. 387.1986	1986	Electronic LED (light-emitting diodes) sign, programmed with a text by the artist	6 x 46 7/8 x 4 1/2" (15.3 x 119.1 x 11.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Granite Bench Sculpture Acc. 388.1986.a-c	1986	Granite	17 3/4 x 48 x 21" (45.1 x 121.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 254.01 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
LAMENTS: THE KNIFE CUT RUNS AS LONG… Drawing Acc. 1915.2005	1988-89	Ink transfer and pencil on transparentized paper in artist's frame	Frame: 84 x 32 1/8" (213.4 x 81.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
LAMENTS: THE NEW DISEASE CAME… Drawing Acc. 547.1990	(1988-89)	Ink transfer and pencil on transparentized paper in artist's frame	Frame: 85 1/8 x 33 1/8" (216.2 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Laments Sculpture Acc. 182.1996.a-b	1989	Video (19 min.) and book. Book published by DIA Art Foundation, printed by Conrad Gleber Printing and Publishing. Directed by Mark Pellington. Edition of 2500	Book 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1/8" (19.6 x 11.4 x 0.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Laments (I Want to Live…) Installation Acc. 425.2002.a-c	1989	Verde antique marble sarcophagus and electronic LED sign	Sarcophagus 18 x 54 1/16 x 24 1/8" ( 45.7 x 137.3 x 61.3 cm), LED sign 128 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2" (325.8 x 24.1 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner
With You Inside Me Comes the Knowledge of My Death (for Parkett no. 40/41) Multiple Acc. 73.1998	1994	Multiple of silver ring in felt-lined wooden case	case composition 1 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 1/16" (4 x 8.7 x 5.3 cm) ring irreg plate 1 3/16 x 7/8 x 7/8" (3 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WHITE Painting Acc. 1340.2016.a-d	2006	Oil on linen, four panels	Each panel 33 × 25 1/2 × 1 1/2” (83.8 × 64.8 × 3.8 cm), overall 33 × 102 × 1 1/2” (83.8 × 259.1 × 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of John Cheim