Image courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

Untitled (Skates)

1997

Robert Gober

American, born 1954

Leather, cast plastic, aluminum, silver-plated forged iron, woven cotton, enamel paint

16 x 9 x 5 1/2 in. (40.6 x 22.9 x 14 cm)

Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2020.15.11

Provenance: The artist; purchased from artist by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, 2001

Image courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryMinneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, Robert Gober: Sculpture + Drawing, 2000 (San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sept. 2000).

Oslo, Norway, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Robert Gober, Jan. - Mar. 2003.

Munchnstein, Switzerland, Schaulager Basle, Robert Gober, May 12 - Oct. 14, 2007.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021.

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