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Robert Gober

Robert Gober

1954

WA-00000572

SculpturePost-ImpressionismContemporary

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

91

Works in Collection

206

Assets Indexed

13

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1353414

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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PLEIN AIR | Matthew Marks Gallery

Matthew Marks Gallery

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/robert-gober
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/robert-gober
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Matthew-Markshttps://matthewmarks.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2199
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Robert Gober makes sculptures from cast plaster, wood, and found domestic objects, transforming everyday items like sinks, doors, and disembodied legs into unsettling formal investigations. His practice mines the psychological territory between the ordinary and the uncanny, treating humble household fixtures as sites of psychological projection. Working from Wallingford, Connecticut, Gober has sustained a deliberate focus on the familiar made strange, rarely departing from his core vocabulary of plumbing, carpentry, and the human body fragmented.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (91)

Untitled

2017 · Graphite and pastel on vellum

11 3/4 × 8 7/8" (29.8 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

2012 · Wood and polymer engraving printed on archival paper, in artist's frame

2 × 1 5/8" (5.1 × 4.1 cm); frame: 11 × 9 1/8 × 1" (28 × 23.2 × 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2012 · Multiple of glazed porcelain with imbedded pigments, brass, and paper in artist's frame

overall (frame): 8 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 1 9/16" (21.9 x 22 x 3.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2011 · Potato print

Sheet (sight): 12 × 8 1/2 in. (30.5 × 21.6 cm) Image (sight): 12 × 8 1/2 in. (30.5 × 21.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

2011 · Potato print in artist's frame

composition: 9 3/8 x 4 13/16" (23.8 x 12.3 cm); sheet: 12 x 8 1/2" (30.5 x 21.6 cm); frame: 19 11/16 x 16 1/16 x 1 7/16" (50 x 40.8 x 3.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Urology Appointment

Urology Appointment

2007 · Wood engraving, polymer engraving, and letterpress in artist's frame

sheet: 2 x 3 1/2" (5.1 x 8.9 cm); frame: 11 x 12 3/16 x 1 1/2" (28 x 31 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monument Valley

Monument Valley

2007 · Wood engraving in artist's frame

sheet: 3 5/8 x 1 3/4" (9.2 x 4.4 cm); frame: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 1/2" (34.3 x 26.7 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

September 12

2005 · Pastel and graphite, over photolithograph, on ivory wove paper

55.9 × 67.3 cm (22 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

September 12

2005 · Pastel and graphite, over photolithograph, on ivory wove paper

55.9 × 67.3 cm (22 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

September 12

2005 · Pastel and graphite, over photolithograph, on ivory wove paper

55.9 × 67.3 cm (22 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

September 12

2005 · Pastel and graphite, over photolithograph, on ivory wove paper

55.9 × 67.3 cm (22 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

September 12

2005 · Pastel and graphite, over photolithograph, on ivory wove paper

55.9 × 67.3 cm (22 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2005 · Aluminum leaf, oil and enamel paint on cast lead crystal

4 3/4" high x 4 1/4" diameter (12.1 x 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Plaster, fir, wool, linen, photolithograph on acid-free paper, oil paint, semi-gloss enamel paint, water-color, pastel, graphite, bronze, cast plastic, polyethylene, lead crystal, fiberglass, nickel plated bronze, wood, water, recycling pumps, stoneware, urethane, rubber, cement, feather re-creation of American Robin, blown glass, Flashe paint, aluminum, pewter, beeswax, human hair, pigment, socks, and shoes

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Pencil on notebook paper

6 x 9 1/2" (15.2 x 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2002 · Lithograph

composition: 47 1/4 x 31 15/16" (120 x 81.2 cm); sheet: 51 1/16 x 36 1/16" (129.7 x 91.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2000 · Lithograph and sreenprint on paper

image: 563 x 814 mm

Untitled

2000 · Lithograph on paper

image: 400 x 660 mm

Untitled

2000 · Lithograph on paper

image: 760 x 982 mm

Untitled

2000 · Intaglio print in black on white wove hand-torn paper

6.7 × 8.7 cm (2 11/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2000 · Bronze and paint

18 × 63.5 × 120 cm (7 × 25 × 47 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2000 · Intaglio print in black on grayish white wove hand-folded and hand-torn paper

10.5 × 13 cm (4 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2000 · Intaglio print in black on ivory wove hand-torn and hand-folded paper

4.8 × 7.6 cm (1 15/16 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

2000 · Lithograph

composition: 15 11/16 × 26 1/4" (39.8 × 66.7 cm); sheet: 30 × 44 1/4" (76.2 × 112.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (6)

91 published of 148 catalogued · 124 with image

MoMA
54 publishedof 111 catalogued104 img
Art Institute Chicago
16 published16 img
Whitney
9 published
The Met
6 published
Tate
4 published4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Drains
1990 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
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Untitled (1991 for Parkett 27)
1991 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Untitled
1990 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

49 assets

Artsy artwork: Untitled (1997)

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Artsy artwork: Obama (2012)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (2011)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (1992)

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Artsy artwork: Drains (1990)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled (2000)

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Artsy artwork: Untitled

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Relationships

10

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Contemporary

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Matthew Marks Gallery

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Middlebury College

Visual Arts

Tyler School of Art

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition PLEIN AIR | Matthew Marks Gallery