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black and white photograph of a piece of paper with the words mother et nommer written on itblack and white photograph of a sign with the words inter signifier on ita black and white photo of a sign that says regarder et tire
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376 - Conceptual Art Kosuth, Joseph 3 works. L'essence de la rhéto…
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Conceptual Art Kosuth, Joseph 3 works. L'essence de la rhétorique est dans l'allegorie IV. 1998. From: Sequences. One aquatint and one heliogravure on Rives Velin. Both sheets signed and numbered on the reverse, bearing the publisher’s stamp and a stamp indicating installation instructions. – Overall in very good condition. Magnificent, exceptionally richly coloured prints without margins. One of 60 copies each. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - Joseph Kosuth, one of the founders of international conceptual art, has, since the 1960s, established the relationship between language, meaning and image as a central theme of his work. This three-part edition references the organic cloud forms from René Magritte’s painting *L’apparition* (1928) and labels them with pairs of terms from Michel Foucault’s essay *Ceci n’est pas une pipe* (1973): imiter et signifier – montrer et nommer – regarder et lire. In doing so, Kosuth explores how words generate meaning and how the relationship between linguistic and pictorial representation is fundamentally unstable. One aquatint and one heliogravure on Rives Velin. Two sheets signed and numbered on the reverse, bearing the publisher’s stamp and a stamped note regarding installation. – In very good condition overall. Magnificent, exceptionally richly coloured borderless prints. - One of 60 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. - Joseph Kosuth, one of the founders of international conceptual art, has, since the 1960s, established the relationship between language, meaning and image as a central theme of his work. This three-part edition draws on the organic cloud forms from René Magritte’s painting *L’apparition* (1928) and labels them with pairs of terms from Michel Foucault’s essay *Ceci n’est pas une pipe* (1973): *imiter et signifier* – *montrer et nommer* – *regarder et lire*. In doing so, Kosuth explores how words generate meaning and how the relationship between linguistic and pictorial representation is fundamentally unstable. *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 07/11/2026 at 11:00 AM
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