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Property from an Esteemed Private Collection

Joseph Kosuth

'Neon (Self-Defined)'

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Joseph Kosuth

b. 1945


'Neon (Self-Defined)'

white neon mounted directly on the wall

7.5 by 28 cm. 3 by 11 in.

Executed in 1965, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.


This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above circa 1980)

Sotheby's, Paris, 24 October 2012, lot 33 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, American Masters of the 60's, May - June 1990, p. 68, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited)

Brussels, Artiscope, Couleurs en trois dimensions, June - September 2002 (another example exhibited)

Brussels, Artiscope, L'usage de la parole, February - April 2008, p. 54, illustrated in colour (the present example exhibited)