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Details
ROBERT GOBER (B. 1954)
Untitled
signed, numbered and dated 'Gober 1⁄4 '92' (on the underside)
beeswax, cotton, leather, aluminum pull tabs and human hair
6 ¼ x 18 ½ x 3 ¾ in. (15.9 x 47 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is number one from an edition of four plus one artist's proof and one exhibition copy.
Untitled
signed, numbered and dated 'Gober 1⁄4 '92' (on the underside)
beeswax, cotton, leather, aluminum pull tabs and human hair
6 ¼ x 18 ½ x 3 ¾ in. (15.9 x 47 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is number one from an edition of four plus one artist's proof and one exhibition copy.
Provenance
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 64
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 15 November 2016, lot 59A
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 64
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 15 November 2016, lot 59A
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
D. Bonetti, "Weinberg Gallery Shows How it's Done," San Francisco Examiner, 6 April 1995, p. C3.
"News: St. Louis (Missouri), Altered States: American Art in the 90's," Flash Art, Summer 1995, p. 67 (another example illustrated).
G. M. Dault, "Chasing Truth Through The Looking Glass," The Globe and Mail, 6 June 1998, p. C14 (another example illustrated).
Robert Gober: Sculpture and Drawing, exh. cat., Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 1999, pp. 18-20.
A. Braun, Robert Gober: Werke von 1976 bis heute, Nuremberg, 2003, p. 321 (another example illustrated).
B. Richardson, ed., A Robert Gober Lexicon, New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, 2005, pp. 22-23 (another example illustrated).
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006, p. 172.
T. Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, pp. 304-305, no. S1992.01 (illustrated).
R. Denson, "Why Louise Bourgeois' and Robert Gober's Feminist and Queer Uncanny Survive the Treachery of Art History," The Huffington Post, 30 December 2014, digital, n.p.
S. Douglas, "Greek Mega-Collector Gives 100 Artworks as Joint Gift to Guggenheim and MCA Chicago," ARTNews, 13 April 2022, digital, n.p. (another example illustrated).
J. J. Kim, Male Bodies Unmade: Picturing Queer Selfhood, Oakland, 2023, pp. 128, 133-135, 137, 145-146 and 148.
A. Bennett, R. Kennedy and B. Nickas, "Robert Gober, Cows at a Pond," The New York Ghost, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter 2024, p.7.
I. Pari, Contemplations of a Collector: Irini Pari in Conversation with Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Paris, 2024, pp. 189-190 (another example illustrated).
"News: St. Louis (Missouri), Altered States: American Art in the 90's," Flash Art, Summer 1995, p. 67 (another example illustrated).
G. M. Dault, "Chasing Truth Through The Looking Glass," The Globe and Mail, 6 June 1998, p. C14 (another example illustrated).
Robert Gober: Sculpture and Drawing, exh. cat., Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 1999, pp. 18-20.
A. Braun, Robert Gober: Werke von 1976 bis heute, Nuremberg, 2003, p. 321 (another example illustrated).
B. Richardson, ed., A Robert Gober Lexicon, New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, 2005, pp. 22-23 (another example illustrated).
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2006, p. 172.
T. Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, pp. 304-305, no. S1992.01 (illustrated).
R. Denson, "Why Louise Bourgeois' and Robert Gober's Feminist and Queer Uncanny Survive the Treachery of Art History," The Huffington Post, 30 December 2014, digital, n.p.
S. Douglas, "Greek Mega-Collector Gives 100 Artworks as Joint Gift to Guggenheim and MCA Chicago," ARTNews, 13 April 2022, digital, n.p. (another example illustrated).
J. J. Kim, Male Bodies Unmade: Picturing Queer Selfhood, Oakland, 2023, pp. 128, 133-135, 137, 145-146 and 148.
A. Bennett, R. Kennedy and B. Nickas, "Robert Gober, Cows at a Pond," The New York Ghost, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter 2024, p.7.
I. Pari, Contemplations of a Collector: Irini Pari in Conversation with Dimitris Daskalopoulos, Paris, 2024, pp. 189-190 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
San Francisco, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Vija Celmins, Chuck Close, Joseph Cornell, Peter Cain, Steve Wolfe, Robert Gober & Richard Artschwager, March-April 1995 (another example exhibited).
St. Louis, Forum for Contemporary Art, Altered States: American Art in the 90s, March-May 1995, pp. 12 and 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Das Américas, November-December 1995 (another example exhibited).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, The Human Body in Contemporary American Sculpture, February-March 1996 (another example exhibited).
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Corps à vif: art et anatomie, June-September 1998 (another example exhibited).
Toronto, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Realities, June 1998-June 2000 (another example exhibited).
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, RMIT Gallery, TheHeimlich/Unheimlich, October-November 2002, pp. 4-6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Aukland Art Gallery, Mixed Up Childhood, February-May 2005, pp. 66 and 139-140 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey and Ishøj, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Reshaped Reality: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, June 2016-August 2017 (another example exhibited).
Osaka, The National Museum of Art, Collection 1 80/90/00/10, June-September 2023, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated in the exhibition brochure).
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Descending the Staircase, December-August 2024 (another example exhibited).
St. Louis, Forum for Contemporary Art, Altered States: American Art in the 90s, March-May 1995, pp. 12 and 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Das Américas, November-December 1995 (another example exhibited).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, The Human Body in Contemporary American Sculpture, February-March 1996 (another example exhibited).
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Corps à vif: art et anatomie, June-September 1998 (another example exhibited).
Toronto, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Realities, June 1998-June 2000 (another example exhibited).
Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, RMIT Gallery, TheHeimlich/Unheimlich, October-November 2002, pp. 4-6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Aukland Art Gallery, Mixed Up Childhood, February-May 2005, pp. 66 and 139-140 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey and Ishøj, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Reshaped Reality: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture, June 2016-August 2017 (another example exhibited).
Osaka, The National Museum of Art, Collection 1 80/90/00/10, June-September 2023, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated in the exhibition brochure).
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Descending the Staircase, December-August 2024 (another example exhibited).
Presentado por
Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale