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JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)

Lot 23
10.05.2022 19:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 3 500 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 753495
Lot 23 | JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Estimate value
$ 3 500 000 – 5 500 000
JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)Lobstersigned, numbered and dated 'J. Koons '07-'12 3⁄3' (on the underside)mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating57 7⁄8 x 18 7⁄8 x 37 in. (147 x 47.9 x 94 cm.)Executed in 2007-2012. This work is number three from an edition of three plus an artist’s proof. Provenance Sonnabend Gallery, New YorkPrivate collection, 2012Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 10 May 2016, lot 42BAcquired at the above sale by the present owner Literature M. Sollins, ed., Art:21: Art in the Twenty-First Century 5, New York, 2009, pp. 90 and 94 (another example from the edition illustrated).D. Kunitz, "Frieze London: Beauty, Hold the Flash," Blouin Artinfo, 17 October 2013, n.p.K. Cole and R. Sandagatal, "Looking & Learning: Jeff Koons," School Arts Legacy 116, no. 6, February 2017 (another example from the edition illustrated on the front cover).Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean, exh. cat., Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 2019, p. 14 (another example from the edition illustrated).E.L., "Marseille en pincera-t-elle pour Jeff Koons," Beaux Arts, January 2021, n.p. (another example from the edition illustrated).G.G., "Jeff Koons dialoguera avec le Mucem," La Provence, 7 February 2021, n.p. (another example from the edition illustrated).S. Philippe, "Jeff Koons dialogue avec les objets du Mucem," Arts Magazine (France), May 7, 2021, n.p. (another example from the edition illustrated). "L'artiste Jeff Koons, Superstar du Mucem," Lunettes Galerie, May 2021 (another example from the edition illustrated). "Jeff Koons Mucem, Oeuvres de la Collection Pinault," Beaux Arts, May 2021, pp. 7-10, 22 and 30 (another example from the edition illustrated).M. Giono, "Jeff Koons: Io, artista grazie all'Italia," La Repubblica, 30 September 2021, n.p. Exhibited Brussels, Almine Rech Gallery, Jeff Koons, October-November 2012, pp. 7, 11, 18-21, 73, 81 and 89 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated).Ville de Dinard, Le Festin de l'Art, June-September 2014, p. 100 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated on the front cover).Marseilles, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Jeff Koons Mucem: Works from the Pinault Collection, May-October 2021, pp. 73, 126-7, 173 and 238 (another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated). Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Jeff Koons: Shine, October 2021 -January 2022 (another example from the edition exhibited). Special Notice On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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