Lot 242
  • 242

Joseph Kosuth

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Joseph Kosuth
  • Essay #12
  • photograph mounted on aluminum
  • 47 1/4 by 77 in. 120 by 195.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1999, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Lia Rumma, Joseph Kosuth: Essays, February - April 2000

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The print is mounted to an aluminum support. There is minor wear to the print intermittently along the edges. There is some staining and discoloration to the print along the right edge, particularly in the upper 1/2. There are pinpoint scattered accretions. Under raking light there are scattered fine surface scratches to the print. There are 2 more visible abrasions: a linear abrasion is on the upper left at the edge, 12 inches from the top, and abrasion at the center left edge. Unframed.
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