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Photograph
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Truism Footstool
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) · 1988
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$37,500 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Other · Other all other results →As published: “incised Baltic brown granite”
- Category
- Furniture (named makers)
- Dimensions
- 16 x 23 x 15 in. (40.6 x 58.4 x 38.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010814)
- Date
- November 14, 2014
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 225
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $40,000 (≈ £19,163 – £25,551) (≈ €24,124 – €32,165)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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