A full-size hand-drawn human skeleton standing with one arm raised above its head.

Drawings

Study for Unex Sign #1

1983

Medium: Fiber-tipped pen, collage, correction fluid, and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions: Sheet (Irregular): 17 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (43.3 × 13 cm)
Accession number: 85.54.2
Acquired: 1985
Credit line: Gift of the artist
Reproduction credit: ©Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department: collection

About this work

Jenny Holzer, Study for Unex Sign #1, 1983. Fiber-tipped pen, collage, correction fluid, and graphite pencil on paper, sheet (Irregular): 17 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (43.3 × 13 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 85.54.2. ©Jenny Holzer/Artists 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

Study for Unex Sign #1

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