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A single tone print of a newspaper page featuring a person in a strapless, long-sleeve, bridal gown and veil holding flowers in their left hand and staring out of the frame. The top of the page reads “The New York Times International Sunday, July 19, 1992" with the following headlines: “Vatican Condones Discrimination Against Homosexuals" and "Youth Works Held in Death of Son, 9”. The bottom of the pages reads “Saks Fifth Avenue bridal wear.”
  • A single tone print of a newspaper page featuring a person in a strapless, long-sleeve, bridal gown and veil holding flowers in their left hand and staring out of the frame. The top of the page reads “The New York Times International Sunday, July 19, 1992" with the following headlines: “Vatican Condones Discrimination Against Homosexuals" and "Youth Works Held in Death of Son, 9”. The bottom of the pages reads “Saks Fifth Avenue bridal wear.”

Robert Gober

Untitled
Now On View

Description

Maker

Robert Gober (American, b. 1954 in Wallingford, Connecticut), publisher
Derriere L&#039

Title

Untitled

Year

1992-1996

Medium

  • Photolithograph printed on archival newsprint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Photolithograph printed on archival newsprint

Materials

photolithograph

Supports

  • archival newsprint

Geography

Place Made: New York

Dimensions

Plate: 56.5 x 34.3 cm (22 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches) image/sheet

Identification

State

PP 2/2 | Edition: This work has an edition of 40, 10AP, 2 PP,BAT

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2005.74

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process Work
Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today
Feb 01, 2025 – Jul 20, 2025

Label copy

Artist Robert Gober made this print look like a page from the New York Times, complete with an advertisement for the department store Saks Fifth Avenue. But this is no ordinary newspaper ad—Gober himself models the bridal gown. As a gay man in drag, the artist’s presence acts as a silent but powerful protest against the news item appearing above, which describes marriage discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. In 1992, when this print was made, photographic images were found throughout newspapers and magazines. By calling attention to the image on the page, Gober challenges the viewer’s overfamiliarity with visual media and invites a second look.  

Facing Artists
Twentieth Century Portraits from the Collection
Feb 27, 2009 – Jul 31, 2009

Label copy

Robert Gober’s work often appears to be something taken from everyday life, but closer inspection reveals evidence of its fabrication. What looks like a newspaper

advertisement here is in fact a photograph of the artist printed on paper made to look like newsprint. The wedding gown he wears, which he also incorporated

into an installation in 1989, was specially made to fit him. Gay and raised Catholic, Gober juxtaposes his selfportrait with an article about the Vatican condoning

discrimination against homosexuals.

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Tombstone

Robert Gober (American, b. 1954 in Wallingford, Connecticut), publisher
Derriere L'Etoile Studios, printer
Untitled, 1992-1996
Photolithograph printed on archival newsprint
Plate: 56.5 x 34.3 cm (22 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches) image/sheet
Walter H. Kimball Fund 2005.74

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