Contemporary Evening Auction
Contemporary Evening Auction
Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Robert Gober and Sherrie Levine
Untitled, Lightbulb
Auction Closed
November 16, 02:02 AM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer
Robert Gober and Sherrie Levine
b. 1954 and b. 1947
Untitled, Lightbulb
enamel paint, beeswax and rope
lightbulb: 7 ½ by 3 ½ by 3 ½ in. 19 by 9.4 by 9.4 cm.
Executed in 1990, this work is number 1 of 2 artist's proofs from an edition of 2 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1990)
Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2002, lot 3 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1990)
Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2002, lot 3 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., American Foundation for AIDS Research, Art Against AIDS, 1990, p. 57, illustrated (another example)
Gregg Bordowitz, "Against Heterosexuality," Parkett, Zurich, March 1991, p. 103, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (and traveling), Robert Gober, 1991, p. 31 (Madrid) and p. 34 (Paris), illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., London, Serpentine Gallery (and traveling), Robert Gober, 1993, p. 42, illustrated (installed in Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1990)
Exh. Cat., Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, 1999, p. 148, illustrated (another example) (installed in Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1990)
Zahid Sardar, "Dialogues with Art Above the Golden Gate," Western Interiors and Design, New York, July - August 2004, p. 94, illustrated (another example)
Briony Fer, The Scatter: Sculpture as Leftover; Robert Gober, Gabriel Orozco, Josiah McElheny, Columbus, 2005, p. 235, illustrated (another example)
Brenda Richardson, Robert Gober Lexicon, New York, 2005, p. 48, illustrated
Theodora Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations, 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, no. S 1990.02, pp. 260-261, illustrated in color
Alisa Carroll, Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton, New York, 2016, pp. 32, 35, 218, illustrated in color (installed in Chara Schreyer's residence, Marin)
Douglas Fogle and Hanneke Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York, 2021, p. 99, illustrated in color and p. 415
Gregg Bordowitz, "Against Heterosexuality," Parkett, Zurich, March 1991, p. 103, illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (and traveling), Robert Gober, 1991, p. 31 (Madrid) and p. 34 (Paris), illustrated in color (another example)
Exh. Cat., London, Serpentine Gallery (and traveling), Robert Gober, 1993, p. 42, illustrated (installed in Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1990)
Exh. Cat., Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, 1999, p. 148, illustrated (another example) (installed in Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1990)
Zahid Sardar, "Dialogues with Art Above the Golden Gate," Western Interiors and Design, New York, July - August 2004, p. 94, illustrated (another example)
Briony Fer, The Scatter: Sculpture as Leftover; Robert Gober, Gabriel Orozco, Josiah McElheny, Columbus, 2005, p. 235, illustrated (another example)
Brenda Richardson, Robert Gober Lexicon, New York, 2005, p. 48, illustrated
Theodora Vischer, ed., Robert Gober: Sculptures and Installations, 1979-2007, Basel, 2007, no. S 1990.02, pp. 260-261, illustrated in color
Alisa Carroll, Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer & Gary Hutton, New York, 2016, pp. 32, 35, 218, illustrated in color (installed in Chara Schreyer's residence, Marin)
Douglas Fogle and Hanneke Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York, 2021, p. 99, illustrated in color and p. 415
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Culture and Commentary: An Eighties Perspective, February - May 1990, p. 122 (another example)
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Group Show, June - July 1990 (another example)
Toronto, Art Gallery of York University; Calgary, Nickle Arts Museum; and
Vancouver Art Gallery, Meeting Place: Robert Gober, Liz Magor, Juan Muñoz, September 1990 - July 1991 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Miami Art Museum, Duchamp's Leg, November 1994 - March 1996 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Walker, April 2005 - November 2006 (another example)
Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Part Object Part Sculpture, October 2005 - February 2006 (another example)
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Robert Gober: Drawings and Sculpture, November 2005 - January 2006 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Schütte, December 2006 - December 2007 (another example)
Basel, Schaulager, Robert Gober: Work 1976-2007, May - October 2007
Houston, The Menil Collection, 20th Century Reinstallation, October 2009 (long term loan) (another example)
Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, February - May 2014, pl. 41, pp. 98-99, illustrated in color and p. 258 (another example)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, The Heart Is Not A Metaphor, October 2014 - January 2015, p. 103, illustrated in color and p. 257 (another example)
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Group Show, June - July 1990 (another example)
Toronto, Art Gallery of York University; Calgary, Nickle Arts Museum; and
Vancouver Art Gallery, Meeting Place: Robert Gober, Liz Magor, Juan Muñoz, September 1990 - July 1991 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Miami Art Museum, Duchamp's Leg, November 1994 - March 1996 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Walker, April 2005 - November 2006 (another example)
Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Part Object Part Sculpture, October 2005 - February 2006 (another example)
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, Robert Gober: Drawings and Sculpture, November 2005 - January 2006 (another example)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Quartet: Barney, Gober, Levine, Schütte, December 2006 - December 2007 (another example)
Basel, Schaulager, Robert Gober: Work 1976-2007, May - October 2007
Houston, The Menil Collection, 20th Century Reinstallation, October 2009 (long term loan) (another example)
Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, February - May 2014, pl. 41, pp. 98-99, illustrated in color and p. 258 (another example)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, The Heart Is Not A Metaphor, October 2014 - January 2015, p. 103, illustrated in color and p. 257 (another example)