Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
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
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
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
Museum Boymans-van Beunigen Rotterdam; Kunsthalle Bern, Robert Gober, 1990, p. 78 (another example exhibited)
Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Robert Gober: The 1996 Larry Aldrich Foundation Award Exhibition, 1998, p. 14 illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miroslaw Balka, Robert Gober and Seamus Heaney: Three Stanzas, 1999
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Malmö, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum; Sculpture Garden; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, 1999-2000, no. 135, p. 31, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2003 (another example exhibited)
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Robert Gober – Forskyvninger / Displacements, 2003, p. 60, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Robert Gober, 2005, p. 55, illustrated
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Shape of Time, 2008 (another example exhibited)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Walker, 2005
Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Robert Gober: The 1996 Larry Aldrich Foundation Award Exhibition, 1998, p. 14 illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miroslaw Balka, Robert Gober and Seamus Heaney: Three Stanzas, 1999
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Malmö, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum; Sculpture Garden; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, 1999-2000, no. 135, p. 31, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Walk Around Time: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2003 (another example exhibited)
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Robert Gober – Forskyvninger / Displacements, 2003, p. 60, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Robert Gober, 2005, p. 55, illustrated
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, The Shape of Time, 2008 (another example exhibited)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Walker, 2005