Artist Monograph

Joseph Kosuth, American

American, born 1945

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	8	47.1%
Other Media	4	23.5%
Photography	2	11.8%
Screenprint	2	11.8%
Printmaking	1	5.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	14	82.4%
Painting & Sculpture	3	17.6%

Production by Decade

11

1960s

1

1970s

1

1980s

3

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 12
Sculpture — 2
Drawing — 1
Painting — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	16.7%

Range: 9.0 cm → 199.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	1
1977	1
1978	1
1984	1
1991	1
1996	1
1998	1
1999	1
2006	1
2007	3
2010	2
2017	1
2018	1
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 261.1984.9.a-p	1965–66, published 1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine
Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 525.2022.9	1965–66, published 1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Notebook on Water from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 1103.2007.9.a-p	1965–66, published 1970	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
One and Three Chairs Sculpture Acc. 393.1970.a-c	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) The Word "Definition" Painting Acc. 391.2010	1966-68	Mounted photographic enlargement of the dictionary definition of "definition"	57 x 57" (144.8 x 144.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Seth Siegelaub and the Stichting Egress Foundation, Amsterdam
25 plates from Untitled (Xerox Book) Illustrated Book Acc. 115.1969.76-100	1968	Offset lithographs	page (each): 10 5/8 x 8 3/8" (27 x 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Ruth Vollmer
Four Titled Abstracts from S.M.S. No. 3 Print Acc. 460.1977.3f	1968	Four offset lithographs	Sheet (each, unfolded): 19 15/16 x 19 15/16" (50.7 x 50.7 cm) Sheet (folded): 5 x 5" (12.7 x 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) IV Order Print Acc. 424.2010.1-14	1968-69	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Seth Siegelaub Collection. Monroe Wheeler Fund
15 Locations Print Acc. 1048.2007.x1-x27	1969-70	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #14 Print Acc. 1099.2007.14	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Exhibition Art & Project Print Acc. 301.2017.a-o	1969	Typewriting on 15 self-adhesive labels	composition and sheet (each): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Practice 1975 Print Acc. 257.1991.1-5	1975	Series of five photolithographs	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
O&A/F! D! (To 1.K. & 6F) #5 Drawing Acc. 1483.2018	1987	Felt-tip pen on paper	12 × 18" (30.5 × 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled from the series Zero & Not Print Acc. 232.1996	1990	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Language Must Speak for Itself Sculpture Acc. 740.1998	1991	Neon tubing, transformers, and wire	4 1/2" x 6' 6 1/2" (11.4 x 199.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Richard Rubin
'Titled Quotation (For L.C.)' from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio Print Acc. 458.1999.3	1997, published 1998	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jean-Christophe Castelli
Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Global Positions Print Acc. 514.2006.180	(newspaper published February 15, 2000)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet (each): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund