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accession number: 2019.19.1.b
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Laments: Death came and he looked like... (Sarcophagus lid), 1987. Jenny Holzer (American, b.1950). Marble; 45.7 x 61 x 137.2 cm (18 x 24 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller 2019.19.1.b © Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Laments: Death came and he looked like... (Sarcophagus lid)
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creation date: 1987
creation date earliest: 1987
creation date latest: 1987
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creditline: Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller
copyright: © Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America
technique: marble
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture
type: Mixed Media
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CREATORS
* Jenny Holzer (American, b.1950) - artist
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measurements: 45.7 x 61 x 137.2 cm (18 x 24 x 54 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Jenny Holzer: Laments 1988-1989. Dia Chelsea, New York (March 2, 1989-February 18, 1990)', 'opening_date': '1989-03-02T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist
date: 1987-?
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(Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY)
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(Christie's, New York, NY, May 17, 2000, no. 192)
date: 2000
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Cheim & Read, New York, NY, sold to Howard and Cindy Rachofsky, Dallas, TX
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The Collection of Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Dallas, TX, consigned to Art Agency Partners, New York, NY
date: ?-2019
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Art Agency Partners, New York, NY, 2019, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2019
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2019-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Auping, Michael, ed. Jenny Holzer (Universe Women Artists). New York: Universe, 1992.
page number: 40-43, 52, 56, 64, 82, 93, 96, 103-104 and 106.
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Auping, Michael. Jenny Holzer: The Venice Installation. Exh. Cat. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1991.
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Breslin, David, ed. Jenny Holzer. Exh. Cat. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2008.
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Ferguson, Bruce. “Wordsmith: an interview with Jenny Holzer.” Art in America 74, no. 12 (December 1986).
page number: 108
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Hughes, Gordon. “Power’s Script: Or, Jenny Holzer’s Art after ‘Art after Philosophy,’” Oxford Art Journal 29, no. 3 (2006).
page number: 419-440
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Joselit, David, et al. Jenny Holzer. London: Phaidon, 2003.
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After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art. Munich, London, and New York: Prestel Verlag, 2007.
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Siegel, Jeanne “Jenny Holzer’s Language Games.” Arts Magazine 60, no. 4 (December 1985).
page number: 64-68
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Taylor, Paul. “Jenny Holzer: I wanted to do a portrait of society.” Flash Art International 151 (March/April 1990).
page number: 116-119
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Waldman, Diane, ed. Jenny Holzer. Exh. Cat. Guggenheim Museum Publications: New York, 1989.
page number: 92-97
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Holzer, Jenny. Jenny Holzer: Laments. Exh. Cat. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 1989.
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