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Untitled (What Scares Peasants is...), from Inflammatory Essays by Jenny Holzer — VisualArtsDB

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Untitled (What Scares Peasants is...), from Inflammatory Essays

Untitled (What Scares Peasants is...), from Inflammatory Essays

Untitled (What Scares Peasants is...), from Inflammatory Essays

1979–1982

Medium: Offset lithograph in black on pink wove paper
Dimensions: 54.2 × 54.2 cm (21 3/8 × 21 3/8 in.)
Genre: Offset lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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