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(HOLZER, JENNY). Holzer, Jenny. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Pencils in a Box. Artist's Multiple. As New.. Twelve 7 1/2 X 1/4" in diameter wooden foil-stamped pencils. Text in English. This is a set of the twelve wooden pencils designed by Jenny Holzer and produced by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in conjunction with the text-based artist's 1991 exhibition in Buffalo. Issued in a chipboard box, it contains a pleated cardboard insert that hold two examples of each of six phrases from Holzer's "Survival Series" - "What Urge Will Save Us Now That Sex Won't?", "You Are Trapped On The Earth So You Will Explode", "Men Don't Protect You Anymore", "Protect Me From What I Want", The Future Is Stupid", and "The Beginning of The War Will Be Secret" - that have been foil-stamped in metallic red on unfinished wooden pencils tipped with pink pearl erasers. A brand new, unused example of this still thougt-provoking artist's multiple still in the printed packaging, as issued. Inventory Number: 025957