09. Installation history (2007)
creator(s) Sanneke Stigter (conservator/art historian)
publisher Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Joseph Kosuth’s ’Glass (one and three)’ was realized in 1977 when Geertjan Visser acquired the installation. The work was created in his Antwerp apartment according to instructions on a certificate. Two years after acquisition, in may 1979 'Glass (one and three)' was given to the Kröller-Müller Museum as a long-term loan. The three parts of the artwork were actually transported to the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. The exhibition history shows how the artwork was treated as a ’guest’ in the museum, that was using the actual material parts of the installation that were handed to the museum when the loan was organized. This research project has provided the time and tools to research how to deal with the immaterial aspects of this installation by Joseph Kosuth and develop a guideline of best practice.

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