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4 Modern Old Fashion Glasses

4 Modern Old Fashion Glasses

 
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Object Name: 
4 Modern Old Fashion Glasses
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Holzer, Jenny ((American, b. 1950)), Maker
Place Made: 
United States, New York, NY
Date: 
about 1995
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Accession Number: 
2004.4.453
Credit Line: 
Gift of Andrea Schwan
Location: 
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Description
Colorless glass; machine-made; decals. Large cylindrical glasses with black text.
Label Text
The glasses are enameled with some of the “truisms” for which the conceptual artist Jenny Holzer has become famous. They read: “Protect Me from What I Want,” “You Are Guileless in Your Dreams,” “The Most Profound Things Are Inexpressible,” and “Boredom Makes Me Do Crazy Things.” The type of glassware chosen—the classic old-fashioned whisky glass—is a pun on the name of the retailer
Provenance
Schwan, Andrea, Source to

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Objects In Set

Modern Old Fashion Glass
Artist:Holzer, Jenny
Date:about 1995
Accession Number:2004.4.453 A
Modern Old Fashion Glass
Artist:Holzer, Jenny
Date:2004
Accession Number:2004.4.453 B
 
Modern Old Fashion Glass
Artist:Holzer, Jenny
Date:about 1995
Accession Number:2004.4.453 C
Modern Old Fashion Glass
Artist:Holzer, Jenny
Date:about 1995
Accession Number:2004.4.453 D
 

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