The word "SELF" and its dictionary definition explaining identity and individual consciousness.

Photographs

"Titled (Art as Idea as Idea), [Self]"

1967

Medium
Photostat on vinyl, mounted on masonite with documentation
Dimensions
Overall: 48 × 48 × 1/4 in. (121.9 × 121.9 × 0.6 cm)
Accession number
2024.163
Acquired
2024
Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection
Reproduction credit
© Joseph Kosuth/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Joseph Kosuth, "Titled (Art as Idea as Idea), [Self]", 1967. Photostat on vinyl, mounted on masonite with documentation, overall: 48 × 48 × 1/4 in. (121.9 × 121.9 × 0.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.163. © Joseph Kosuth/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

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