A speckled stone bench with carved text on the top standing on a gray floor.

Sculpture

The Living Series: It can be helpful to think of them...

1989

Medium: Granite
Dimensions: Overall: 17 1/4 × 35 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (43.8 × 91.1 × 45.4 cm)
Accession number: 2020.140
Acquired: 2020
Credit line: Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection
Reproduction credit: © Jenny Holzer/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Edition: 1/3
Department: collection

About this work

Jenny Holzer, The Living Series: It can be helpful to think of them..., 1989. Granite, overall: 17 1/4 × 35 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (43.8 × 91.1 × 45.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2020.140. © Jenny Holzer/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibitions featuring the artist

Exhibitions in the Whitney's archive featuring any of the artists listed for this work. Artwork-level exhibition history is not published by the museum; the list below is artist-level.

An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017 2017-08-18 – 2018-08-27
America Is Hard to See 2015-05-01 – 2015-09-27
I, YOU, WE 2013-04-25 – 2013-09-01
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2011-02-10 – 2011-05-01
Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions 2010-07-01 – 2010-09-19
Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT 2009-03-12 – 2009-05-31
Two Years 2007-10-17 – 2008-02-17
Whitney Biennial 1985 1985-03-13 – 1985-06-09
Whitney Biennial 1983 1983-03-15 – 1983-05-29

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