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[ART]. [HOLZER, Jenny (b. 1950]. Truisms and Essays (Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise). [Halifax, Nova Scotia: Press of the Nova Scotia College of

Estimate: $400 - $600
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[ART]. [HOLZER, Jenny (b. 1950]. Truisms and Essays (Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise.) [Halifax, Nova Scotia: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1983]. Square 4to. Unpaginated. Publisher's perfect-bound printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION OF THE THIRD "NOVA SCOTIA PAMPHLETS." WITH THE RARE FOLDING POSTER LAID-IN. 

Condition

Text in multiple languages. Wrappers worn, joints a bit worn, spine sunned, hinges starting, poster a bit toned. Good. Scarce.

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"Holzer began posting her Truisms as fliers pasted, guerrilla-style, on Downtown Manhattan lampposts and walls, right alongside the graffiti that, just at that time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was inscribing with spray-paint. Later, Holzer turned to less ephemeral, more prestigious materials: theater marquees, bronze plaques affixed to buildings, even the electronic signs of Times Square" (McAllister, McHale, 429).