Thonet in Triplicate, 2019
Created on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the furniture company Thonet.
Three framed photographs, 72 × 321 cm (28½ x 126½ in) overall installation. Unique artwork.
Kosuth analyzes Thonet's groundbreaking marketing concept of shipping unassembled chairs worldwide to be mounted at their destination with a few screws. In this work, he presents the strategy on three conceptual levels: the final product, its individual components and its design idea in the form of a U.S. patent certificate.
