id:			166819
accession number:	2009.1.c
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.1.c
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:31.402000

One and Three Photographs [Ety.], 1965. Joseph Kosuth (American, 1945-). Vintage photograph, photograph of a photograph, photographic enlargement of dictionary definition of ‘photograph,’ original photo-certificate with original cut-out definition; overall: 60.9 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2009.1.c © Joseph Kosuth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				One and Three Photographs [Ety.]
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creation date:			1965
creation date earliest:		1965
creation date latest:		1965
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			© Joseph Kosuth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	vintage photograph, photograph of a photograph, photographic enlargement of dictionary definition of ‘photograph,’ original photo-certificate with original cut-out definition
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Installation Media
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Joseph Kosuth (American, 1945-)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 60.9 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 229): May 20, 2009 - September 11, 2009.

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PROVENANCE

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Kosuth is regarded as one of the most significant artists to champion conceptualism, which values the idea of an artwork over the physical object itself. In this work, Kosuth compares three different ways to present information, represented by an etymological dictionary definition of <em>photograph</em>, a photograph by Linda Butler of the nearby Peter B. Lewis building designed by Frank Gehry, and a life-size photograph of Butler’s photograph. Kosuth’s groundbreaking work presciently questions what it means for any image to be an “original” and whether this distinction influences a picture’s meaning.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 117
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