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Ex Libris for the The Brooklyn Museum (two plates); [Wittgenstein]; [Goethe]; and [Nietzsche]
Joseph Kosuth (American, b. 1945) · 1990; and 1989
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,274 – £3,791) (≈ €2,551 – €4,252)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Screenprint · Prints & multiples all screenprint results →As published: “Five screenprints, three on wove paper, two on vellum, the full sheets”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 85/100
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and numbered 85/100
- Category
- Screenprints
- Dimensions
- Ex Libris (two) S. 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm) [Wittgenstein]; and [Goethe] S. 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (57.2 x 72.4 cm) [Nietzsche] S. 15 x 28 in. (38.1 x 71.1 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Editions & Works on Paper (NY030217)
- Date
- October 17, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 300
- Estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000 (≈ £2,274 – £3,791) (≈ €2,551 – €4,252)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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