LOT DETAILS

Materials:

plaster, wire lath, wood and semi-gloss enamel paint

Measurements:

20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (height) by 35.00 in. (88.90 cm.) (width) by 26.97 in. (68.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'R. Gober '84 "The Silent Sink"' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Los Angeles, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Robert Gober, February-March 1985. Basel, Schaulager, Robert Gober, Work 1976-2007, May-October 2007, p. 62 and 78-79 (illustrated).

Literature:

Robert Gober, exh. cat., Boymans van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1990, p. 53 (illustrated). A. Guasch, El Arte Ultimo de Siglo XX: Del Postminimalismo a lo multicultural, Madrid, 2000, p. 511. L. Norden, "Best of 2007: Robert Gober: Schaulager, Basel," Artforum, December 2007, p. 344 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987.