Joseph Kosuth, No thing, no self, no form, no principle (was certain)

Kein Ding, Kein Ich, Keine Form, Kein Grundsatz (sind Sicher). Ostfildern-Ruit (Stuttgart), Edition Cantz, 1993. Signed multiple with book edited by Renate Damsch-Wiehager. Large thick cardboard box published only in 40 copies, 51.5 x 64 x 10 cm, containing a book, paper-covered boards with acetate dust jacket, 30.5 x 16.5 cm, 110 pp. ills. partly in colour, list of works 1979-1991, biography, exhibitions + Silkscreen printed b/w on glass plate, 37.5 x 50 cm, numbered (39/40), signed and dated (1992) by Kosuth. Includes hanging system/screws to install the printed glass plate. Luxury copy, in mint condition.

As one of the pioneers of Conceptual art and installation art, Joseph Kosuth (Toledo USA, b. 1945) has initiated language-based works and appropriation strategies since the 1960s. His work has consistently explored the production and role of language and meaning within art.