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Plywood
Details
ROBERT GOBER (B. 1954)
Plywood
signed, titled and dated 'R. GOBER 'PLYWOOD' 1987' (on the reverse)
laminated fir and particle board
94 ¾ x 47 x 5⁄8 in. (240.7 x 119.4 x 1.6 cm.)
Executed in 1987.
Plywood
signed, titled and dated 'R. GOBER 'PLYWOOD' 1987' (on the reverse)
laminated fir and particle board
94 ¾ x 47 x 5⁄8 in. (240.7 x 119.4 x 1.6 cm.)
Executed in 1987.
Provenance
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, 1988
Thomas Borgmann, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, 1988
Thomas Borgmann, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Literature
Robert Gober, exh. cat., Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1990, p. 72 (illustrated).
A. Cueff, Le lieu de l'oeuvre: Bustamante, Gober, Klingelhöller, Mucha, Schütte, Vercruysse, Bern, 1992, p. 64.
R. Milazzo, "Le Cimetière du Montparnasse: The Tautology of the Kiss," New Observations, No. 105, March-April 1995, pp. 7-8 (illustrated).
Robert Gober: United States Pavilion, 49th Venice Biennale, exh. cat., Venice, Giardini della Biennale, 2001, pp. 48-49 (illustrated).
A. Braun, Robert Gober - Werke von 1976 bis heute. Amerikanische Kunst der Gegenwart im Spannungsfeld einer vernetzten Bildrealität, Nuremberg, 2003, pp. 363 and 416.
B. Richardson, ed., A Robert Gober Lexicon, vol. 1., Göttingen, 2005, p. 39.
T. Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Göttingen, 2007, pp. 192-193, no. S1987.09 (illustrated).
R. Smith, "In These Shows, the Material is the Message," The New York Times, 10 August 2007, pp. E27 and E29.
A. Cueff, Le lieu de l'oeuvre: Bustamante, Gober, Klingelhöller, Mucha, Schütte, Vercruysse, Bern, 1992, p. 64.
R. Milazzo, "Le Cimetière du Montparnasse: The Tautology of the Kiss," New Observations, No. 105, March-April 1995, pp. 7-8 (illustrated).
Robert Gober: United States Pavilion, 49th Venice Biennale, exh. cat., Venice, Giardini della Biennale, 2001, pp. 48-49 (illustrated).
A. Braun, Robert Gober - Werke von 1976 bis heute. Amerikanische Kunst der Gegenwart im Spannungsfeld einer vernetzten Bildrealität, Nuremberg, 2003, pp. 363 and 416.
B. Richardson, ed., A Robert Gober Lexicon, vol. 1., Göttingen, 2005, p. 39.
T. Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Göttingen, 2007, pp. 192-193, no. S1987.09 (illustrated).
R. Smith, "In These Shows, the Material is the Message," The New York Times, 10 August 2007, pp. E27 and E29.
Exhibited
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sculpture Inside Outside, May 1988-March 1989.
New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery and Marianne Boesky Gallery, Real Stories: Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Richard Prince, Cady Noland, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, January-February 1998.
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Robert Gober: Displacements, February-April 2003, p. 48 (illustrated).
Waregem, Be-Part: Platform voor actuele kunst, Schöner Wohnen: kunst van heden voor alle dagen, October 2004-January 2005, p. 20.
New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, The Lath Picture Show, June-August 2007.
Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Genuine Illusions: The Art of Trompe l'Oeil, February-May 2010, pp. 164 and 188-189, no. 59 (illustrated; detail illustrated).
New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, In the Making, February-April 2016.
New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery and Marianne Boesky Gallery, Real Stories: Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Richard Prince, Cady Noland, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, January-February 1998.
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Robert Gober: Displacements, February-April 2003, p. 48 (illustrated).
Waregem, Be-Part: Platform voor actuele kunst, Schöner Wohnen: kunst van heden voor alle dagen, October 2004-January 2005, p. 20.
New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, The Lath Picture Show, June-August 2007.
Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Genuine Illusions: The Art of Trompe l'Oeil, February-May 2010, pp. 164 and 188-189, no. 59 (illustrated; detail illustrated).
New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, In the Making, February-April 2016.
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Kathryn Marber
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