LOT DETAILS

Materials:

enamel, beeswax and rope

Size Notes:

light bulb

Edition:

edition of two plus two artist proofs

Exhibited:

Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Culture and Commentary: An Eighties Perspective, February-May 1990 (another from the edition exhibited). New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Group Show, June-July 1990 (another from the edition exhibited). Toronto, Art Gallery of York University, Meeting Place: Robert Gober, Liz Magor, Juan Muñoz, September 1990-April 1991 (another from the edition exhibited). Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Duchamp's Leg, November 1994-March 1996 (another from the edition exhibited). Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Robert Gober: Drawings and Sculpture, November 2005-January 2006 (another from the edition exhibited).

Literature:

American Foundation for AIDS Research, Art Against Aids, exh. cat., Washington D.C. 1990 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 57). Robert Gober, exh. cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1991 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 31). Robert Gober, exh. cat., Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1991 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 34). Gober, exh. cat., London, Serpentine Gallery, 1993 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 42). G. Bordowitz, 'Against Heterosexuality' in Parkett, no. 27, Zurich, March 1991 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 103). Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, exh. cat., Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 1999 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 148). B. Fer, The Scatter: Sculpture as Leftover; Robert Gober, Gabriel Orozco, Josiah McElheny, Columbus 2005 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 235). Z. Sardar, 'Dialogues with Art Above the Golden Gate' in Western Interiors and Design, New York, July-August 2004 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 94). B. Richardson, Robert Gober Lexicon, New York 2005 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 48). Robert Gober. Work 1976-2007, exh. cat., Basel, Schaulager, 2007 (another from the edition illustrated, pp. 260-261).

Provenance:

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 15 November 2001, lot 304. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.