Jenny Holzer

1986

David Robbins

Associated Names
David Robbins

Artist, American, born 1957

The image is a black and white portrait of a woman named Jenny Holzer. She is shown from the upper body up, facing the camera with a neutral expression. Her facial features include an oval-shaped face, straight eyebrows, and a straight nose. She has long, straight hair falling past her shoulders. Wearing a dark-colored top under a coat, she is not wearing any visible jewelry or holding objects. The background is blurred, with subtle gradients of dark and light shades.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Eileen and Michael Cohen

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
    framed: 27.31 × 22.23 cm (10 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.171.2

  • Series Title

    Talent

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(How Many Pictures, Inc., New York); Eileen Cohen, New York, 1990; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in negative: Jenny Holzer; on verso of frame, by unknown hand, lower center in blue ink inverted: 408

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