LOT DETAILS
Materials:
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Measurements:
80.00 in. (203.20 cm.) (height) by 180.00 in. (457.20 cm.) (width) by 205.00 in. (520.70 cm.) (width)
Edition:
This work is one of five unique versions.
Exhibited:
Hannover, Nord/LB Bank, 2004-2012 (on extended view). Kunsthaus Bregenz, Re-Object: Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Merz, February-May 2007, pp. 6, 105-107, 108, 112-113, 124-125 and 128 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color). U.S. Embassy Beijing, Art in Embassies Program Landscapes of the Mind: Art Collection of the United States Embassy, August 2008-present, p. 19 (another example on extended loan and illustrated in color). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Transformation, February-April 2008 (another example exhibited). Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim, 2008-present (another example on permanent view). Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Jeff Koons, Celebration, October 2008-February 2009, pp. 2-3, 4-5, 8, 50 and 81 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color). Venice, Fondazione Prada, Ca' Corner Della Regina, June-October 2011, pp. 98 and 100-101 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color). Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons, May-September 2012, pp. 148-150 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Literature:
Jeff Koons/Andy Warhol: Flowers, exh. cat., Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2002, p. 49 (another example illustrated in color, in progress). T. Rosenstein, "Bad Boy der Kunstszene," Art Investor, no. 3, 2006, pp. 50-58 (another example illustrated in color). S.C. Canarutto, Jeff Koons (Supercontemporanea series), Milan, 2006, pp. 68-69 (another example illustrated in color). H. Rehm, Hinter Glas: Das Kunstengagement der NORD/LB VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2007, pp. 49 and 52 (another example illustrated in color and on the cover). "From Bilbao: Blooming in Guggenheim" Casa Brutus, October 2007, p. 27. C. Dietrich, "Eben hineinstolpern ins Glück," Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 17 February 2007, pp. A1 and D7 (another example illustrated in color). H.-J. Müller, "Immer schon kuhl bleiben: Hirst, Merz, Koons: 'Re-Object' im Kunsthaus Bregenz," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 21 February 2007, p. 37, no. 44. H.W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2008, pp. 414-415 (illustrated in color). M. Simmons, "Art Star," Lifestyles Magazine, Winter 2008, p. 29 (another example illustrated in color). Le Point, 4 September 2008, p. 9 (another example illustrated in color). L.M. Cecchini, "Jeff Koons: La estetizacion del consumismo," textofilia, no. 17, Mexico 2008, pp. 60-61 (another example illustrated in color). "Austria: Art + Architecture + Design [special advertising section]," ARTnews, October 2009, p. 73 (another example illustrated in color). U.S. Department of State Magazine, issue 531, February 2009 (another example illustrated in color and on the back cover). Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection, Bilbao,. 2009, p. 227 (another example illustrated in color). Vogue Nippon, May 2010, p. 289 (illustrated in color). Jeff Koons: Popeye Sculpture, exh. cat., Galerie. Jerome de Noirmont, Paris, 2010, p. 8 (another example illustrated in color). S. Brown, "Kiehl's Goes Koons," Vogue, October 2010, p. 224 (illustrated in color). "Looking and Learning," SchoolArts Magazine, November 2010, p. 29 (illustrated). "The Energy of Color," Vogue Japan, July 2011, p. 105 (another example illustrated in color).
Provenance:
Sonnabend Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002.