Lot 134
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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON
Robert Gober (b. 1954)

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Price realised USD 194,500
Estimate
USD 60,000 – USD 80,000
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Robert Gober (b. 1954)

Cat Litter

Price realised USD 194,500
Price realised USD 194,500
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Robert Gober (b. 1954)
Cat Litter
signed, numbered and dated 'Robert Gober #1 of 9 1990' (on the reverse)
ink and latex paint on plaster
18½ x 11 x 5¼ in. (47 x 28 x 13.3 cm.)
Executed in 1990. This work is number one from an edition of nine.
Provenance
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Werner Lippert, Düsseldorf
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Private collection, Los Angeles
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2004, lot 365
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
E. Kinsella "Christie's Sale of Recent Art Nets $9.5 Million," The Wall Street Journal, May 20, 1999, p. A11.
J. Hogrefe, "The Children of Marcel Duchamp," Forbes, September 6, 1999, pp. 284-285 (illustrated).
"News in Brief: Don't Change This Litter", Cat Fancy, January 2000, p. 8.
A. Searle, "World of Interiors," The Guardian, March 12, 2002, pp. 10 and 11 (illustrated).
F. Güner, "Drawing from Experiences," London Metro, March 22, 2002, p. 22 (illustrated).
R. Cork, "A Fear of the Dark Inside Us," The Times, London, March 22, 2002, p. 14 (illustrated).
C. Doherty, "The Unthought Known," Art Monthly, April 2002, pp. 25-27 (illustrated).
R. Campbell-Johnston, "London: Rachel Campbell-Johnston's Best London Shows," Play, April 6-12, 2002, p. 25 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen and Kunsthalle Bern, Robert Gober, May-October 1990, p. 78 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Strange Abstraction, June-August, 1991.
Lund, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Floor Show, January-February 1993 (another example exhibited).
London, Serpentine Gallery and Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Robert Gober, March-August 1993, p. 10, no. 4 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Samia Saouma, Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Moké, Stephen Prina, Cheri Samba, Cindy Sherman and Christopher Wool, May-July 1997 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Munich, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst im Haus der Kunst, Food for the Mind: Die Sammlung Udo and Anette Brandhorst, July-October 2000 pp. 213 and 248 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
London, White Cube, The Unthought Known, March-April 2002, pl. 4-5 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Basel, Shaulager Basel, Robert Gober. Work 1979-2007, May-October 2007, pp. 238 and 239, no. S 1990.14 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time, January-May 2009, pp. 39 and 40 (illustrated, another example exhibited).
Munich, Museum Brandhorst, Museum Brandhorst. Selected Works., May 2009-Spring 2010, pp. 296-293 (illustrated, another example exhibited).

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