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JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)

Lot 41
18.05.2023 01:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 3 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 949296
Lot 41 | JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)

Kiepenkerl (Humpty Dumpty)

stainless steel

71 x 26 x 37 in. (180.3 x 66 x 94 cm.)

Executed in 1987. This is a unique work, separate from the subsequent edition of three plus one artist's proof.





Provenance

Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London

Diego Cortez Arte Ltd., New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2000



Literature

NY Art Now: The Saatchi Collection, exh. cat., Milan, Giancarolo Politi, 1987, p. 11.

M. Brenson, "Art: The Munster Sculpture Project," The New York Times, 22 June 1987, p. C13.

E. Heartney, "Sighted in Münster," Art in America, no. 9, September 1987, p. 141 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

D. Cameron, "Documenta 8 Kassel," Flash Art Milan, October 1987, p. 66 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

S. Schmidt-Wulffen,"Enzyklopädie der Skulptur," Kunstforum, October and November 1987, p. 301 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

D. Pinchbeck, “Jeff Koons,” Splash, April 1989, p. 69.

The Last Decade-American Artists of the 80's, exh. cat., New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1990, pp. 96-97 and 137 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

Fondation Daniel Templon, Musee Temporaire, La sculpture contemporaine apres 1970, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Daniel Templon, 1991, pp. 116-117 and 197 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

A. Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, pp. 96-97 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

J. Koons, The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, p. 87 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

L. Morell, "Jeff Koons Interview: The Political Value of Art," Skala, no. 28, 1993, p. 41.

Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 1979-1999, exh. cat., Athens, Deste Foundation, 1999, pp. 13 and 35.

Jeff Koons Easyfun-Ethereal, exh. cat., Berlin and New York, 2000, p. 8.

Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2001, p. 16 (installation view of subsequent example illustrated).

Jeff Koons: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli, exh. cat., Naples, Electa Napoli, 2003, p. 147.

E. Blume and P. K. Schuster, eds., Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, 2004, p. 223.

Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, exh. cat., Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004, p. 66.

K. Hixson, “Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye.” Art on Paper, August 2005, p. 62.

S. Canarutto, Jeff Koons (Supercontemporanea Series), Milan, 2006, pp. 50-51 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

C. Tomkins, "The Turnaround Artist," The New Yorker, 23 April 2007, p. 67.

H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2007, pp. 241, 243-244, 246-247, 249 and 250 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

J. Tully, "Artist's Most Wanted," Art + Auction, November 2008, p. 186 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

Blitzen-Benz Bang - Daimler Art Collection: Mixed Media, Sculptures, Commissioned Works, exh. cat., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2009, p. 314.

Hulk Elvis, exh. cat., London, Gagosian Gallery, 2009, p. 15 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2009, pp. 239, 242-243 and 247-248 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

F. Bonami, Dal Partenone Al Panettone, Milan, 2010, p. 148 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

B. Finger and C. Weidemann, 50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know, Munich, 2011, p. 69.

H. Liebs, "Mr. Koons?" Monopol: Special Jeff Koons, Berlin, 2012, p. 38.

Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat., Basel, 2012, pp. 23, 25, 31, 176, 183 and 206 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

J. Koons and N. Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, China, 2014, pp. 134 and 228 (detail from a subsequent edition illustrated.)

Jeff Koons: La Retrospective: The Portfolio of the Exhibition, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2014, p. 69.

Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2014, pp. 11-12.

J. Heyler, E. Schad and C. Beck, eds., The Broad Collection, Los Angeles, 2015, pp. 89 and 97 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

P. Tinari, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, Hong Kong, 2015, pp. 5 and 12.

D. Hopkins, DARK TOYS, New Haven, 2021, p. 153.

Jeff Koons: Shine, exh. cat., Venice, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, 2021, p. 174-175 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).

S. Aquin, A. Reeve and S. Guttman, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection, New York, 2022, p. 309 (example from subsequent edition illustrated).



Exhibited

Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Sculpture Projects Münster, June-October 1987.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, December 1992-October 1993, p. 113 (example from subsequent edition exhibited).

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Jeff Koons: A Survey 1981-1994, June-July 1994 (example from subsequent edition exhibited).

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Sculpture, December 1994-February 1995 (example from subsequent edition exhibited).

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, February-June 2005 (example from subsequent edition exhibited).

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons, May-September 2008 (example from subsequent edition exhibited).

Frankfurt, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Jeff Koons: The Sculptor, June-September 2012, pp. 92-93 (example from subsequent edition exhibited and illustrated).

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Paris, Centre Pompidou; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 2014-September 2015, pp. 20-21, 95, 99, 215, 247 and 287 (example from subsequent edition exhibited and illustrated).

London, Newport Street Gallery, Jeff Koons: Now, May-October 2016, pp. 48-49 and 101 (example from subsequent edition exhibited and illustrated).

Mexico City, Museo Jumex, Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, May-September 2019, p. 236 (example from subsequent edition exhibited and illustrated).

Qatar Museums Al Riwaq Gallery, Jeff Koons: Lost in America, November 2021-March 2022, pp. 74-75 (example from subsequent edition exhibited and illustrated).
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