Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Selection from Survival: The Future is Stupid, 2006
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Truth before Power
Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) · 2004
€4,625 price realized incl. premium
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Portfolio”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered in imprint · Jenny Holzer signature
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 50 x 40 cm (19,6 x 15,7 in)
- Auction house
- Ketterer Kunst
- Sale
- Post War/ Contemporary Art (396) (396)
- Date
- October 20, 2012
- Location
- Munich, Germany
- Lot
- 988
- Estimate
- €3,500 – — (≈ $4,562) (≈ £2,845)
- Source
- Auction house kettererkunst.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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