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"Fear is the Most Elegant Weapon..."

1979-1982

Artists

Jenny HolzerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Photolithograph

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

25.6 × 25.6 cm (10 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts], sold; to Private Collector, 1988, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1989.

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