JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
21.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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6000000USD $ 6 000 000
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ID 1334708
Lot 11 | JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
Large Vase of Flowers
polychromed wood
52 x 43 x 43 in. (132.1 x 109.2 x 109.2 cm.)
Executed in 1991. This work is the artist's proof from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1993
Literature
“Morality – American Style,” Tema Celeste Art Magazine, January–March 1992, p. 118 (illustrated).
A. Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, p. 145, pl. 26 (illustrated).
J. Koons, The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, pp. 127 and 163 (illustrated).
Kunst und Unterricht, no. 176, October, 1993, pp. 1 and 3 (illustrated).
T. Zaunschirm, “Kunst als Sundenfall: Die Tabuverletzungen des Jeff Koons,” Quellen zur Kunst, vol. 3, 1996, p. 83.
Jeff Koons: Easyfun–Ethereal, exh. cat., Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, 2000, p. 41, fig. 21 (illustrated).
Jeff Koons: Pictures 1980 - 2002, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Bielefeld, 2002, p. 24 (illustrated).
S. Seymour, “Jeff Koons: Art Made in Heaven.” Whitewall, Fall 2007, p. 140 (illustrated).
H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2007, pp. 336 and 339-340 (illustrated).
M-P. Nakamura, "USA: Jeff Koons," Art Actuel, no. 57, July/August 2008, p. 70 (illustrated).
L. Cenac, "Le Roi Koons a Versailles," Madame Figaro, 6 September 2008, p. 142 (illustrated)
M. Polsinelli and S. Burkhanova, “The Words,” Garage Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014, p. 91.
J. Lavrador, “Jeff Koons: génie ou imposteur?” Beaux Arts editions, November 2014, p. 137.
H. W. Holzwarth, Koons, Cologne, 2015, p. 56.
H. Schwab, R. M. Wright, and N. D. Benezra, The Campaign for Art: Gifts for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2016, pp. 262-263 (illustrated).
S. Williams, "Jeff Koons on his 'wild years'... and going from penniless to the world's most expensive artist," The Telegraph, 20 April 2017 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler, Made In Heaven, November-December 1991 (artist's proof exhibited).
New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Made In Heaven, November-December 1991 (another from the edition exhibited).
Lausanne, Galerie Lehmann, Made In Heaven, March-May 1992 (another from the edition exhibited).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Aarhus Kunstmuseum; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, January 1992-October 1993, p. 73 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated).
Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts, Everything That's Interesting Is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection, January-April 1996, pp. 59-60 (artist's proof exhibited; illustrated).
Athens, DESTE Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration, November 1999-May 2000 (artist's proof exhibited).
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Museum unserer Wunsche, 2001 (artist's proof exhibited).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons / Andy Warhol: Flowers, November-December 2002, pp. 4 and 7-9 (artist's proof exhibited; illustrated).
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Jeff Koons, June-September 2003 (artist's proof exhibited).
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Taschen Collection, October 2004-January 2005 (another from the edition exhibited).
Athens, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Monument to Now, June-December 2004 (artist's proof exhibited).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Riehen, Foundation Beyeler, Flower As Image: From Monet to Jeff Koons, October 2004–May 2005 (artist's proof exhibited).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Jeff Koons, May-September 2008 (artist's proof exhibited).
Château de Versailles, Jeff Koons: Versailles, September-April 2009 (another from the edition exhibited).
Frankfurt, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Jeff Koons: The Sculptor, June-September 2012 (another from the edition exhibited).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 2014-September 2015, pp. 31 and 93 (artist's proof exhibited in Bilbao; another from the edition exhibited in New York and Paris; illustrated).
The Museum of Art and History of the city of Geneva, Urs Fischer - False Friends, April-July 2016 (artist's proof exhibited).
Mexico City, Museo Jumex, Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, May-September 2019, p. 112 (artist's proof exhibited; illustrated).
Artist: | Jeff Koons (1955) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Jeff Koons (1955) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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