id:			162624
accession number:	2003.226
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.226
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:48.782000

Untitled, 1990. Robert Gober (American, b. 1954). Wax, wood, leather shoe, cotton fabric, human hair; overall: 29.6 x 16 x 51.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund 2003.226 © Robert Gober, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			1990
creation date earliest:		1990
creation date latest:		1990
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creditline:			Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund
copyright:			© Robert Gober, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	wax, wood, leather shoe, cotton fabric, human hair
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Robert Gober (American, b. 1954)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 29.6 x 16 x 51.2 cm (11 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on wood mount for attaching leg to wall.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Body Proxy: Clothing in Contemporary Art
	opening date:   2015-09-01T00:00:00
	<i>Body Proxy: Clothing in Contemporary Art</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (September 1-December 13, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Reality Bites: Approaches to Representation in American Sculpture</em>. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (April 11 - June 28, 1998).', 'opening_date': '1998-04-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Extensions: Aspects of the Figure</em>. Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT (November 12, 1998 - January 17, 1999).', 'opening_date': '1998-11-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>The Body in Question: Tracing, Displacing and Remaking the Human Figure in Contemporary Art</em>. The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (July 6 - August 22, 1999).', 'opening_date': '1999-07-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>13 Alumni Artists</em>. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT (May 19 - December 10, 2000).', 'opening_date': '2000-05-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Transformer</em>. Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland (September 14 - November 11, 2002).', 'opening_date': '2002-09-14T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist; acquired by the CMA from Matthew Marks Gallery, New York in 2003.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 339; mentioned p. 338
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	Kotik, Charlotta. “The Century’s 25 Most Influential Artists: Inside Out.” <em>ARTnews</em> (May 1999).
	page number: 	Reproduced p.129
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	Gober, Robert, and Theodora Vischer. <em>Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations, 1979-2007</em>. Basel, Switzerland: Schaulager, 2007.
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 254, Fig. 5
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	<em>Extensions: Aspects of the Figure</em>. Exh. Cat. West Hartford, CT: University of Hartford, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 26-27
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	Donadio, Emmie. <em>13 Alumni Artists</em>. Exh. Cat. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced on cover and pgs. 14 and 37
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	“Feature.” <em>Maine Antique Digest</em> (July 2000).
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 27-E
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	“13 Alumni Artists.” Exhibition calendar brochure. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Museum of Art (Winter/Spring 2000)
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	“Robert Gober, The United States Pavilion 49th Venice Biennale.” Pamphlet (June 10-November 4, 2001).
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