Joseph Kosuth, La Septième Investigation (Proposition 8) 1970

Paris, Galerie Daniel Templon, 1970. Staple bound, 27 x 21 cm, 15 sheets of photocopies typescript printed recto only. Part of Kosuth's renown series 'First Investigations' (subtitled Art as Idea as Idea), started in 1966. The series consists of photocopies of dictionary definitions and other texts, in which the artist seeks to demonstrate that 'art' resides not in the physical object, but in the idea or concept of the work.

The Septième (Seventh) Investigation was created for an installation at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris from November-December 1970, the booklets were laid out on four reading tables in the gallery space. Text in French. With hand-written notation on top left corner (Joseph Kosuth Gal. Daniel Templon). Minor browning to cover margins, staples slightly rusted, else very good. Scarce document. Ref. Cat. Daniel Templon Dix Ans, 1978 p.24.