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A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Robert Gober

Cat Litter

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Robert Gober

b. 1954


Cat Litter 

plaster, ink and latex paint 

19¼ by 11 by 6 in.

49 by 28 by 15.2 cm.


Executed in 1990, this work is number 4 from an edition of 9.

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Roberta Smith, "The Reinvented Americana of Robert Gober's Mind," The New York Times, 13 October 1989, p. C28, illustrated
Joseph Hogrefe, "The Children of Marcel Duchamp," Forbes, 6 September 1999, p. 284-285, illustrated
"News in Brief: Don't Change This Litter," Cat Fancy, January 2000, p. 8
Adrian Searle, "World of Interiors," The Guardian, 12 March 2002, p. 10-11, illustrated
Fisun Güner, "Drawing from Experiences," London Metro, 22 March 2002, p. 22, illustrated
Richard Cork, "A Fear of the Dark Inside Us," The Times, 22 March 2002, p. 14, illustrated
Claire Doherty, "The Unthought Known," Art Monthly, April 2002, pp. 25-27, illustrated
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, "London: Rachel Campbell-Johnston's Best London Shows," Play, 6-12 April 2002, p. 25, illustrated
Theodora Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations, 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, no. S 1990.14, pp. 238-239, illustrated in color