Robert Gober

Untitled

1997

2012 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto 5 color screenprint (Edition of 150) 14 x 12 inches, sheet Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...

In this offset poster, printed in collaboration with the Lower East Side literary magazine, "Between C & D," David Wojnarowicz confronts and denounces violence against members of the LGBT community. Cynthia Carr discusses this poster in her biography, "Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz." She relates the episode of when Wojnarowicz became estranged from collaborator Marion Scemama during the production of this piece and inked out her name on the copies of the poster in his possession. This is a copy from his estate. Between C & D (1983–1990) was a Lower East Side quarterly literary magazine edited by Joel Rose and Carherine Texier. Though a geographical reference to the blocks between Avenue C and Avenue D in New York City's East Village neighborhood, “Between C & D” has also been suggested to mean “between coke and dope,” giving an indication of the publication's transgressive content and ethos. The magazine's actual tagline was “Sex. Drugs. Danger. Violence. Computers.” It was printed on fanfold computer paper, sold in a plastic bag, and featured original artwork on each binding. Contributors included Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz...

"Untitled", 1991 (for Parkett 27) Lithograph on newsprint with handtorn edges, printed on both sides and folded three times, hand-colored with coffee by the artist, 22 1/8 x 13 7/8” (56,7 x 35,4 cm), printed by Maurice Sanchez & Joe Petruzzelli, Derrière L’Etoile Studio, New York, Ed. 75/XXV unique pieces, signed and numbered Robert Gober...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION John Baldessari I Saw It 1997 Lithograph 17 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. Edition of 100 Pencil signed, dated and numbered Condition: This work is in excellent condition.