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Joseph Kosuth

Joseph Kosuth

1945

WA-00003033

PaintingConceptual Art

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

24

Works in Collection

191

Assets Indexed

17

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ313113

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Paula Cooper Gallery

2024

Field Verification (6 fields)

4 cross-verified · 2 single-source

NationalityWikidata + Duplicate Merge+2· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Duplicate Merge+1· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Duplicate Merge+1· 88%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (5)

Sean-Kellyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/joseph-kosuth
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/joseph-kosuth
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Almine-Rechhttps://www.alminerech.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3228
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Joseph Kosuth creates conceptual installations, neons, and silkscreens that examine language and its relationship to meaning and representation. His signature approach, exemplified in works like One and Three Chairs (1965), stages objects alongside photographs and text to investigate philosophical questions about essence and perception. His work is held by MoMA, the Guggenheim, and the Tate.

Source: Sean Kelly · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (24)

Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Global Positions

2000 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet (each): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

'Titled Quotation (for L. C.)'

'Titled Quotation (for L. C.)'

1997 · Screenprint and hot stamping on white wove paper

94 × 68.8 cm (37 1/16 × 27 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

'Titled Quotation (For L.C.)' from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio

'Titled Quotation (For L.C.)' from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio

1997 · Screenprint with hot stamping from a portfolio of four screenprints (one with hot stamping), three etchings (one with aquatint), one offset lithograph, and one lithograph

composition and sheet: 26 7/8 × 37" (68.3 × 94 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1996 · photo lithograph

Sheet: 45.6 x 61 cm (17 15/16 x 24 in.); Image: 12.1 x 58.4 cm (4 3/4 x 23 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Language Must Speak for Itself

Language Must Speak for Itself

1991 · Neon tubing, transformers, and wire

4 1/2" x 6' 6 1/2" (11.4 x 199.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the series Zero & Not

1990 · Screenprint

Museum of Modern Art

O&A/F! D! (To 1.K. & 6F) #5

O&A/F! D! (To 1.K. & 6F) #5

1987 · Felt-tip pen on paper

12 × 18" (30.5 × 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1975 · Series of five photolithographs

Museum of Modern Art

Art & Project Bulletin #14

1969 · One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy

sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

15 Locations

1969 · Photolithographed poster

composition: 28 3/4 x 17 13/16" (73 x 45.3 cm); sheet: 33 15/16 x 21 3/4" (86.2 x 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition Art & Project

Exhibition Art & Project

1969 · Typewriting on 15 self-adhesive labels

composition and sheet (each): dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) IV Order

1968 · Plastic binder with typewritten letter, eight photostats, two offset newspaper clippings, two letterpress newspaper clippings, and one letterpress periodical clipping

sheet: varies; page (each): 11 x 8 9/16" (28 x 21.7 cm); binder: 11 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 11/16" (29.6 x 24 x 1.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four Titled Abstracts from S.M.S. No. 3

1968 · Four offset lithographs

Sheet (each, unfolded): 19 15/16 x 19 15/16" (50.7 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

25 plates from Untitled (Xerox Book)

25 plates from Untitled (Xerox Book)

1968 · Offset lithographs

page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 3/8" (27 x 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) The Word "Definition"

Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) The Word "Definition"

1966 · Mounted photographic enlargement of the dictionary definition of "definition"

57 x 57" (144.8 x 144.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version (Exhibition Version)

Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version (Exhibition Version)

1965 · Clock and 4 works on paper, photograph and printed paper

Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version

Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version

1965 · Clock, photograph, colour, on paper and printed papers

support: 610 x 2902 mm

Notebook on Water

Notebook on Water

1965 · Envelope, letterpress prints and photocopies on paper

Various dimensions

Art Institute of Chicago

Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs

1965 · Envelope with rubber stamp additions, containing fifteen offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

sheet: dimensions vary; envelope: 9 5/8 x 12" (24.4 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs

1965 · Envelope with rubber stamp additions, containing 15 offset lithographs, from a portfolio of 19 printed objects

sheet: dimensions vary; envelope: 9 5/8 x 12" (24.4 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

One and Three Chairs

One and Three Chairs

1965 · Wood folding chair, mounted photograph of a chair, and mounted photographic enlargement of the dictionary definition of "chair"

Chair 32 3/8 x 14 7/8 x 20 7/8" (82 x 37.8 x 53 cm), photographic panel 36 x 24 1/8" (91.5 x 61.1 cm), text panel 24 x 30" (61 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs

Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs

1965 · Envelope with rubber stamp additions, containing fifteen offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects

sheet: dimensions vary; envelope: 9 5/8 x 12" (24.4 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

One and Three Photographs [Ety.]

1965 · vintage photograph, photograph of a photograph, photographic enlargement of dictionary definition of ‘photograph,’ original photo-certificate with original cut-out definition

Image: 26.4 x 36 cm (10 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.); Mounted: 40 x 52 cm (15 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Photo chosen by Joseph Kosuth for inclusion of One and Three Photographs [Ety.] in the exhibition "Joseph Kosuth, A Labyrinth Into Which I Can Venture (A Play of Works by Guests and Foreigners)", Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, Sept. 19 - Oct. 28, 2006

1965 · vintage photograph, photograph of a photograph, photographic enlargement of dictionary definition of ‘photograph,’ original photo-certificate with original cut-out definition

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

24 published of 42 catalogued · 24 with image

MoMA
17 publishedof 34 catalogued19 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
Tate
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version (Exhibition Version)
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
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One and Three Photographs [Ety.]
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1996 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Clock (One and Five), English/Latin Version
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

148 assets

Artsy artwork: Dilbert/Foucault (2003)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Self-Reflective (1968)

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Artsy artwork: Neon (1965)

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Artsy artwork: Exlibris (1990)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Joseph Kosuth (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Artsy artist portrait

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Artsy artwork: [Wittgenstein Untitled] (1991)

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Relationships

34

Peers & Context27

Sarah Charlesworthco-exhibited Sam Durantco-exhibited Douglas Hueblerco-exhibited Sara VanDerBeekco-exhibitedLiu Shiyuanco-exhibitedLuciano Pernaco-exhibited

Movements1

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Christie's Paula Cooper Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Paula Cooper Gallery

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Network

Related Artists

Sarah Charlesworth

co exhibited with

co exhibited with

Douglas Huebler

co exhibited with

Sara VanDerBeek

co exhibited with

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Tabula Rasa