ROBERT GOBER (B. 1954)
Newspaper; Newspaper [Two Works]
(i) Newspaper
signed, numbered and dated 'R. Gober 2/10 '93' (on the underside)
photolithography on archival Mohawk Superfine paper and twine
3¹⁄₂ x 14¹⁄₂ x 12 in. (8.9 x 36.8 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is number two from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs.

(ii) Newspaper
signed, numbered and dated 'R. Gober 5/10 '93' (on the underside)
photolithography on archival Mohawk Superfine paper and twine
3³⁄₄ x 14¹⁄₂ x 12 in. (9.5 x 36.8 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1992. This work is number five from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs.

(i)
Private collection, Germany
Anon. sale; Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 12 November 2004, lot 143
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

(ii)
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2007, lot 354
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2008, lot 503
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

(i)
J. Rapmund and K. Schampers, Collection Modern Art Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 56 (another example illustrated).
T. Vischer, Robert Gober. Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Basel and Göttingen, 2007, pp. 310, 324-325 and 334 (another example illustrated).
D. Hickey, Feint of Heart: Art Writings, 1982-2002, New York, 2024, pp. 19, 136-162.

(ii)
J. Rapmund and K. Schampers, Collection Modern Art Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 57 (another example illustrated).
T. Vischer, Robert Gober. Sculptures and Installations 1979-2007, Basel and Göttingen, 2007, pp. 310, 328, 331 and 334 another example illustrated).

(i)
New York, Dia Center for the Arts, Robert Gober, September 1992-June 1993, p. 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Houston, Hiram Butler Gallery, Sculptors and Paper, August-September 1993 (another example exhibited).
Cincinnati, Carl Solway Gallery, Desire and Loss, Junary-April 1992 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Album, the photographic collection of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, August-November 1995, pp. 209-211 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, This End Up: Selections from the Robert J. Schiffler Collection, February-April 1997 (another example exhibited).
Baltimore, The Contemporary Museum and Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Imperfect Innocence: The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, January-June 2003, p. 80 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Daytona Beach, Southeast Museum of Photography, Off the Press: Re-Contextualizing the Newspaper in Contemporary Art, February-May 2003, p. 21 (another example exhibited).
Basel, Schaulager, Robert Gober. Work 1976-2007, May-October 2007 (another example exhibited).
Houston, The Menil Collection, 20th Century Reinstallation, October 2009-May 2012 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, The Newest Collection, October 2009-February 2010 (another example exhibited).
New York, Vivian Horan Fine Art, The Illustrated Word, September-November 2016 (another example exhibited).
online, Matthew Marks Gallery, Robert Gober Newspapers, February-March 2021 (another example exhibited).

(ii)
New York, Dia Center for the Arts, Robert Gober, September 1992-June 1993, p. 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Into a New Museum: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions, Part 2, May-October 1995 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Album, the photographic collection of the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, August-November 1995, pp. 209-211 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art, March-October 2001 (another example exhibited).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Between Art and Life: The Painting and Sculpture Collection, July 2004-February 2005 (another example exhibited).
Basel, Schaulager, Robert Gober. Work 1976-2007, May-October 2007 (another example exhibited).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, The Newest Collection, October 2009-February 2010 (another example exhibited).
New York, The New Museum, The Last Newspaper, October 2010-January 2011 (another example exhibited).