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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Art as Idea as Idea, Definition Piece, 1966–1968

Joseph Kosuth

Art as Idea as Idea, Definition Piece, 1966–1968

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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The Criterion of the real, 2009

Joseph Kosuth

The Criterion of the real, 2009

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Ex Libris N.F.F.L, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Ex Libris N.F.F.L, 1991

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [Silence]..., 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [Silence]..., 1968

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Essential C. S.#6 (Cobalt blue)-Yes, it is so, 1988

Joseph Kosuth

Essential C. S.#6 (Cobalt blue)-Yes, it is so, 1988

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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A que punto sei (Where are you standing?)...., 1976

Joseph Kosuth

A que punto sei (Where are you standing?)...., 1976

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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Zero and Not (Fragment), 1986

Joseph Kosuth

Zero and Not (Fragment), 1986

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Titled Quotation (for L.C.), from the Leo..., 1997

Joseph Kosuth

Titled Quotation (for L.C.), from the Leo..., 1997

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Consciousness, 1991

Joseph Kosuth

Consciousness, 1991

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Untitled, 1997

Joseph Kosuth

Untitled, 1997

Sale Date: April 12, 2022

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Wittgenstein's Color (Red), 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Wittgenstein's Color (Red), 1989

Sale Date: April 7, 2022

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Essential C.S. #6, 1988

Joseph Kosuth

Essential C.S. #6, 1988

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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The Criterion of the real, 2009

Joseph Kosuth

The Criterion of the real, 2009

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Face/Surface, 1976

Joseph Kosuth

Face/Surface, 1976

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Nominated Object

Joseph Kosuth

Nominated Object", Joseph Kosuth *, 1990

Sale Date: November 5, 2021

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Zero & Not #7 (Installations-Fragment Freud..., 1996

Joseph Kosuth

Zero & Not #7 (Installations-Fragment Freud..., 1996

Sale Date: November 25, 2021

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‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [earth]..., 1967

Joseph Kosuth

‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [earth]..., 1967

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Art As Idea As Idea, 1967

Joseph Kosuth

Art As Idea As Idea, 1967

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Ex Libris Series, 1989

Joseph Kosuth

Ex Libris Series, 1989

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Dagli altri apprendi a mostrarti italiano

Joseph Kosuth

Dagli altri apprendi a mostrarti italiano

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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A “Nominated Object”, Joseph Kosuth, 1990

Joseph Kosuth

A “Nominated Object”, Joseph Kosuth, 1990

Sale Date: October 6, 2021

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Nominated Object, 1990

Joseph Kosuth

Nominated Object, 1990

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Art made with a rubber stamp, 1965

Joseph Kosuth

Art made with a rubber stamp, 1965

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Art made with a rubber stamp, 1968

Joseph Kosuth

Art made with a rubber stamp, 1968

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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