Robert Gober

Page 11
1978/2000, printed 2003

A black and white photograph of a newspaper article lying on the ground surrounded by small rocks and shells. The article features a headline about a man confessing to a killing and includes a mugshot of a person. The date "Friday, March 5, 1999" is visible at the top of the article. The edges of a pair of jeans frame the bottom corners of the image.
A black and white photograph of a newspaper article lying on the ground surrounded by small rocks and shells. The article features a headline about a man confessing to a killing and includes a mugshot of a person. The date "Friday, March 5, 1999" is visible at the top of the article. The edges of a pair of jeans frame the bottom corners of the image.

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Date
1978/2000, printed 2003

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 7/16in. (51.1 × 74.8 cm) Image: 19 5/8 × 29in. (49.8 × 73.7 cm) Mount (board): 25 3/8 × 34 3/4 × 1/16in. (64.5 × 88.3 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2010.193

Series
1978-2000

Edition
1/10 | 2 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Gober

API
artworks/38425

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