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Inflammatory Essays
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) · 1979-82
$8,190 price realized incl. premium
≈ £5,865≈ €6,796
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “10 offset lithographs, on various colored wove papers, with full margins”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in black ink · Jenny Holzer signature
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- all I. various sizes all S. 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030121)
- Date
- April 20, 2021
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 366
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,148 – £3,580) (≈ €2,489 – €4,149)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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