Joseph Kosuth

The Square Root of Minus One
1988

Two large panels with reversed and inverted text and images are displayed against a gallery wall. The left panel is black with white and cyan text, while the right panel is cyan with black text. Both panels have a mirrored word "legislation" at the top and contain various lines of text, signatures, and stamps, resembling official documents. A small, metallic cube sits on the floor to the left of the panels.

Two large panels with reversed and inverted text and images are displayed against a gallery wall. The left panel is black with white and cyan text, while the right panel is cyan with black text. Both panels have a mirrored word "legislation" at the top and contain various lines of text, signatures, and stamps, resembling official documents. A small, metallic cube sits on the floor to the left of the panels.

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Date
1988

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Screenprint on glass and neon

Dimensions
Overall: 88 × 164 × 15in. (223.5 × 416.6 × 38.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.226

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© Joseph Kosuth/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/37850

Joseph Kosuth
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