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Joseph KOSUTH

Ex Libris, Hegel [For Imschoot]

Gent; Imschoot, Uitgevers; 1992. Poster Silkscreen on Indus 300g/m2, 100 x 60 cm printing: yellow and blue on black, embossing stamp edition of 50 copies signed and numbered by the artist. Big black print with curly text by Hegel bordering on abstract in its extreme rationalism and sense. Ref.1, Ref.2 This is copy 48/50. Mint condition.

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Text printed in yellow:
Consciousness of self is in itself and for itself when and because it is in itself and for itself for another consciousness of self: in other words it is only by being recognized.
Hegel, Phenomenology of Mind

Text printed in blue (almost invisible in the attached image):
BOOKS BY ARTISTS
IMSCHOOT, UITGEVERS 8 SEPTEMBER – 25 OKTOBER 1991 DINSDAG T/M VRIJDAG 13.00 – 17.00 UUR THE ARCHIVES, ART INFORMATION CENTER, ST. JOBSWEG 30, 3024 EJ ROTTERDAM 1e ETAGE, INGANG HAVENZIJDE T: 010 – 4764472
Droogstempel 1991 JOSEPH KOSUTH STUDIO

Joseph Kosuth (born January 31, 1945) is an American conceptual artist, lives in New York and London, after having resided in various cities in Europe, including Ghent and Rome. One of the wave of conceptual artists to emerge in the late 1960s, he frequently uses language or texts in his works, including definitions. Ref.3

Imschoot Uitgevers In 1987 publishing house Imschoot (Ghent- Belgium) started an exceptional series of artists’ books made by international artists ( Giovanni Anselmo, Sol LeWitt, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Hanne Darboven, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Dan Graham, a.o.). Ref. Johan Pas
In addition to the regular softcover edition (500 to 1000 copies), a deluxe hardcover edition was also issued in a very limited edition, numbered and signed by the artists.
The publishing house ceased its activities in 2006. Ref.4

References

Ref. 1: Imschoot, uitgevers; Catalogue 1993-1994 - Multiples & Prints
Ref. 2 :Imschoot, uitgevers; [catalogue 2001] – Books for collectors
Ref. 3: Moma > Artists
Ref. 4: Johan Pas (Een essay door -), Het kunstenaarsboek in België: de voorzet tot een geschiedenis., Kunstenpunt

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