Quoted Use #1-8, 2019

This project appropriates personal objects and furniture used by influential cultural figures Kosuth has often quoted in his work: Jane Austen, Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles Darwin, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Einstein, Søren Kierkegaard and Virginia Woolf. The original objects were investigated, quasi-scholarly studied, measured, and reproduced by hand with various suited craftsmen in the original materials, then painted gray and waxed or reproduced in gray instead of colors.
Edition of 3 + 2 A.P., each work is accompanied by a metal plaque with individual laser signature, numbered.

Quoted Use #1, 2019: Jane Austen’s Writing Table (early 18th century). Stained & waxed maple. 66 x 50 x 50 cm.

Quoted Use #2, 2019. Samuel Beckett’s Telephone (1964). Painted bakelite telephone with silkscreen dial. 13 x 24 x 19 cm.

Quoted Use #3, 2019. Simone de Beauvoir’s Lamp / Base designed by Alberto Giacometti (c. 1935). Painted bronze base, electrical fittings and aluminium shade. 69 x 26 x 24.5 cm.

Quoted Use #4, 2019. Marcel Duchamp’s Coat Rack (1917). Painted wood and cast aluminium with silkscreen. 17 x 117 x 28 cm.

Quoted Use #5, 2019. Albert Einstein’s Music Stand (c.1915). Stained & waxed maple. 125-150 x 50 x 50 cm.

Quoted Use #6, 2019. Søren Kierkegaard’s Writing Desk (c.1850). Stained & waxed maple, painted metal fixtures. 126 x 117 x 91 cm.

Quoted Use #7, 2019. Virginia Woolf’s Armchair (c.1932). Upholstered armchair with printed fabric and framed photograph. 78 x 80 x 78 cm.

Quoted Use #8, 2019. Charles Darwin’s Dog Basket (c.1860). Painted wicker basket & plaid wool blanket. 20 x 75 x 60 cm.