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Laments: The new disease came...

Jenny Holzer · 1989

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Artist

Jenny Holzer

Date

1989

Medium

Nubian Black granite and electronic LED sign

Dimensions

Sarcophagus: 28 7/16 × 79 7/8 × 22 15/16 in., 1096 lb. (72.2 × 202.9 × 58.3 cm, 497.1 kg) Lid: 30 × 82 × 15/16 in. (76.2 × 208.3 × 2.4 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2026

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