Joseph Kosuth

(American, born 1945)

Joseph Kosuth is an American Conceptual artist known for his ongoing investigation into language and its utility within art. Through his text-based works and installations, Kosuth examines semiotic expression, as seen in his seminal work One and Three Chairs (1965), which consists of a wooden chair, a photograph of the same chair, and the dictionary definition of a chair. Like the work of John Baldessari and Daniel Buren, Kosuth takes art from the physical world into the realm of ideas. “When objects are presented within the context of art (and until recently objects always have been used) they are as eligible for aesthetic consideration as are any objects in the world,” he once mused. “An aesthetic consideration of an object existing in the realm of art means that the object's existence or functioning in an art context is irrelevant to the aesthetic judgment.” Born on January 31, 1945 in Toledo, OH, Kosuth studied at the Toledo Museum School of Design, the Cleveland Art Institute, and the School of Visual Arts throughout the late 1950s into the 1960s. After his first solo exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery and an appointment as the American editor for Art and Language journal in 1969, the artist began an anthropological and philosophical inquiry at the New School for Social Research that would carry over into his artistic practice. He currently lives and works between New York, NY and Rome, Italy. Kosuth’s works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, and the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, among others.

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Ex libris (diptych)

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris (diptych)

Sale Date: December 6, 2010

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L'essence de la rhétorique est dans..., 1998

Joseph Kosuth

L'essence de la rhétorique est dans..., 1998

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Art made with a rubber stamp, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Art made with a rubber stamp, 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Ex libris (N.F.F.L), 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex libris (N.F.F.L), 1991

Sale Date: November 22, 2010

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Discharge - Conversion, Lege Artis (in 2..., 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Discharge - Conversion, Lege Artis (in 2..., 1989

Sale Date: November 27, 2010

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Titled (Art as idea as idea)(Translate), 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as idea as idea)(Translate), 1968

Sale Date: November 10, 2010

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Wittgenstein (Untitled), 1990–1991

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein (Untitled), 1990–1991

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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Untitled, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled, 1968

Sale Date: October 17, 2010

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Practice (set of 5), 1975

Joseph Kosuth

Practice (set of 5), 1975

Sale Date: September 10, 2010

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Quoted (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1995

Joseph Kosuth

Quoted (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1995

Sale Date: July 21, 2010

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Translate (Art as idea as idea), 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Translate (Art as idea as idea), 1968

Sale Date: July 8, 2010

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Modus Operandi (in 8 parts), 1985

Joseph Kosuth

Modus Operandi (in 8 parts), 1985

Sale Date: July 1, 2010

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Titled, art as idea as idea (in 4 parts), 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Titled, art as idea as idea (in 4 parts), 1968

Sale Date: July 1, 2010

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Meaning (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Meaning (Art as idea as idea), 1967

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Art as idea as idea (Zero), 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art as idea as idea (Zero), 1967

Sale Date: June 29, 2010

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Wittgenstein untitled (from Independent..., 1990

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein untitled (from Independent..., 1990

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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Wittgenstein-untitled, 1990–1991

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein-untitled, 1990–1991

Sale Date: June 9, 2010

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Clock (One and five) (in 5 parts), 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Clock (One and five) (in 5 parts), 1965

Sale Date: June 1, 2010

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Glass-one and four defined (in 8 parts), 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Glass-one and four defined (in 8 parts), 1965

Sale Date: May 13, 2010

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(Art as idea as idea) / Pink, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

(Art as idea as idea) / Pink, 1968

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Double reading (Calvin, Hobbes & Nietzsche), 2001

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Double reading (Calvin, Hobbes & Nietzsche), 2001

Sale Date: April 14, 2010

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Jasper Johns (Art as idea a idea) #2, 1968

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Jasper Johns (Art as idea a idea) #2, 1968

Sale Date: April 27, 2010

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Quoted, 1995

Joseph Kosuth

Quoted, 1995

Sale Date: April 27, 2010

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Ex-libris, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex-libris, 1991

Sale Date: April 2, 2010

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