Robert Gober, American, b. Wallingford, Connecticut, 1954 Search this
Medium:
Wax, cotton, wood, leather shoe, and human hair
Dimensions:
10 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (27.2 x 52.0 x 14.2 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1990
Exhibition History:
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquisitions: 1989-1991," 8 October 1991-5 January 1992, unpublished checklist, no. 22.
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis. "Robert Gober: Sculpture and Drawing," 14 February-9 May 1999. TOUR: ROOSEUM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Malmo, Sweden, 18 September-12 January 2000; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Instution, Washington, DC, 17 February-23 April; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 21 May- 4 September.
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York. "Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture," 20 April-7 September 2004.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images," 19 November 2006-4 March 2007.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.
Published References:
UNSIGNED. Illustration in By George, the Newspaper of the George Washington University, 3 February 2000, p. 11.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1990