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A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Robert Gober

Untitled

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Robert Gober

b. 1954


Untitled

signed R. Gober, numbered 1/2 and dated 1997 (on the underside of the chair)

cast painted plastic, painted plaster, tissues and metal drain

17¾ by 12¾ by 13¼ in.

45.1 by 32.4 by 33.7 cm.


Executed in 1997, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Richard Flood, The Law of Indirections, Minneapolis, 1999, p. 31
Olga M. Viso, Piccolo epifanie di Via, Vol. 1, Venice, 2001, p. 16
Brenda Richardson, A Robert Gober Lexicon, Vol. 1., New York, 2005, p. 45, illustrated
Theodora Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations, 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, pp. 386-387, no. S 1997.04, illustrated in color