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Inflammatory Essays: 10 plates
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) · 1979-82
$3,810 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,060≈ €3,582
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Ten offset lithographs, on various colored wove papers, with full margins, all contained in the original plastic bag”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in black ink · Jenny Holzer signature
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- 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)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030324)
- Date
- April 16, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 398
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,410 – £4,016) (≈ €2,820 – €4,701)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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