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Materials:

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating

Measurements:

120.98 in. (307.30 cm.) (height) by 142.99 in. (363.20 cm.) (width) by 45.00 in. (114.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'Jeff Koons 1994-2000' (on the underside)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, September-December 2000, p. 240 (Red exhibited and illustrated in color). Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections, October 2001-October 2002, p. 28 (Blue exhibited and illustrated in color). Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Jeff Koons, June-September 2003, p. 87 (Red exhibited and illustrated in color). New York, C&M Arts, Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, April-June 2004, pl. 4 (illustrated in color). Athens, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Monument to Now, June-December 2004, p. 238 (Red exhibited and illustrated in color). Venice , Palazzo Grassi, Where are We Going: Selections from the François Pinault Collection, April-October 2006, pp. 45 and 248 (Magenta exhibited and illustrated in color). Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, Shiny, September-December 2006, n.p. (Blue exhibited and illustrated in color). Venice, Palazzo Grassi, The François Pinault Collection: a Post-Pop Selection, November 2006-March 2007 (Magenta exhibited and illustrated). Kunsthaus Bregenz , Re-Object: Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Merz, February-May 2007, pp. 105, 109 and 113 (Blue exhibited and illustrated in color). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Transformation, February-April 2008 (Blue exhibited). New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jeff Koons on the Roof, April-October 2008 (Yellow exhibited). Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons, May-September 2008, pp. 80-81 and 83 (illustrated in color). Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Jeff Koons: Celebration, October 2008-February 2009, pp. 14, 53 and 82 (Red exhibited and illustrated in color). Château de Versailles, Jeff Koons Versailles, October 2008-April 2009, pp. 31, 32-35, 134 and 166 (Magenta exhibited and illustrated in color). Greenwich, The Brant Foundation, Remembering Henry's Show: Selected Works 1978-2008, May 2009-February 2010, pp. 14-15, 146 and 175 (illustrated in color and on the cover). New York, Seagram Building, May 2010 (on loan). Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons, May-October 2012, p. 129 (Red exhibited and illustrated in color).

Literature:

Everything That's Interesting is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection, exh. cat., Athens School of Fine Arts, 1996 (earlier state of Red illustrated in color). T. Nichols Goodeve, "Euphoric Enthusiasm," Parkett, no. 50-51, December 1997, pp. 93 and 98-99 (earlier state illustrated). D. Bowie, "Super-Banalism and the Innocent Salesman," Modern Painters, spring 1998, pp. 27-34 (model illustrated). Jeff Koons: A Millenium Celebration, exh. cat., Athens, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, 1999, pp. 40-41 (earlier state illustrated). Jeff Koons: Easyfun--Etheral, exh. cat., New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2000, p. 26, fig. 9 (Red illustrated in color). A. Wagner, "Einfach Ubertrieben," Frame, January/March 2002, p. 80 (Red illustrated in color). "Advance Billing," Boston Globe, 6 June 2002 (Blue illustrated). "MFA Looking for a Few Good Canines and Their Owners," Boston Herald, 3 July 2002 (Blue illustrated). "Pet Art," Gloucester Daily Times, 9 July 2002 (Blue illustrated). "Fetching Display," The Patriot Ledger, 12 July 2002 (Blue illustrated). J. Lehman, "Fun Pop," The Patriot Ledger, 20 July 2002, p. 25 (Blue illustrated). C. Temin, "The Collector," Boston Globe, 21 July 2002, p. L1 (Blue illustrated). M. Amy, "New York: Jeff Koons: C&M Arts," Sculpture, December 2004, p. 70 (illustrated in color). Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, exh. cat., New York, Japan Society, 2005, p. 284. G. Politi, "Jeff Koons: An Interview by the Readers of Flash Art," Flash Art, January/February 2005, p. 90 (Blue illustrated). "Jeff Koons Makes Pop Art with No Apologies," Baltimore Sun, 9 April 2005, pp. 1D and 5D. K. Devine Thomas, "The Selling of Jeff Koons," ARTNews, May 2005, pp. 114-121 (Magenta illustrated in color on the front and back covers). T. Murakami, "Kaibustu-Art (Art of Monster)," Yomiuri Newspaper, June 2005, p. 40. S. Cosulich Canarutto, Jeff Koons, Milan, 2006, pp. 66-67 (Red illustrated in color). K. Wright, "Koons on Koons," Modern Painters, June 2006, p. 68 (Magenta illustrated in color). Beaux Arts Magazine, August 2006 (Magenta illustrated in color on the cover). K. Shaw, "1958: A Good Year for Art," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 15 October 2006. C. Tolera, "To Whim or Not to Whim," Cent, autumn/winter 2006, pp. 18-19 (Blue illustrated in color). Traum & Trauma: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, exh. cat., Athens, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, 2007, p. 37 (Red illustrated in color). J. Klein, "Shiny," Art Papers, January 2007, p. 53 (Blue illustrated in color). C. Dietrich, "Eben hineinstolpern ins Glück," Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 17 February 2007, pp. A1 and D7 (Blue 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 (Blue illustrated in color). C. Long, "Loony Koons," Tatler, May 2007, pp. 11 and 116-122. D. Walsh, "Jeff Koons: On Track," Art and Living, summer 2007, p. 43 (Blue illustrated in color). M. Kuo, "Industrial Revolution: On the History of Fabrication," Artforum, October 2007 (illustrated). A. Landi, "How Jeff Koons Became a Superstar: Kelly Devine Thomas Tracked the Way an Artist Shaped His Own Career (Top Ten)," ARTnews, November 2007, p. 187. V. Ward, "François Pinault's Ultimate Luxury," Vanity Fair, December 2007, p. 231 (Magenta illustrated in color). F. Bonami, "Jeff Koons," Panorama First, no. 4, 2008, p. 117 (Red illustrated in color). L. M. Cecchini, "Jeff Koons: La estetizacion del consumismo," textofilia, no. 17, Cuajimalpa, 2008, p. 57 (Magenta illustrated in color). H. Werner Holzwarth, Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2008, pp. 61 and 423 (illustrated). D. Schneider, "Market Index: Jeff Koons,"Artforum, April 2008, pp. 310-311 (Yellow illustrated in color). P. McCaughey, "Taming the Monster," Apollo, April 2008, pp. 11 and 30 (Blue illustrated in color). M. Duncan, "LACMA Sizes Up,"Art in America, May 2008, p. 68 (Blue illustrated in color). A. Nakamura, "Artistic Hues," Vogue Nippon, May 2008, p. 143 (illustrated). B. Gopnik, "Man from Mars Comes in Peace," Washington Post, 17 June 2008, p. C2 (illustrated). S. Stamberg, "Jeff Koons Has a Ta-Da Moment in Chicago," NPR, Morning Edition, 25 July 2008. M. P. Nakamura, "USA: Jeff Koons," Art Actuel, no. 57, July/August 2008, p. 75 (Yellow illustrated in color). R. Morata, "Jeff Koons: un Artiste Barock," Point de Vue, 28 August-3 September 2008, p. 61 (Yellow illustrated in color). "Expositions États-Unis," Connaissance des Arts, September 2008, p. 66 (Yellow illustrated in color). G. Bader, "Jeff Koons: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago," Artforum, September 2008, p. 450 (illustrated in color). "Jeff Koons: Mickey--l'Ange Contemporain," Paris Match, 3 September 2008, p. 80 (Yellow illustrated in color). L. Cenac, "le roi Koons à Versailles," Madame Figaro, 6 September 2008, p. 142 (Magenta illustrated in color). M. Suc, "Jeff Koons bouscule Versailles," Le Parisien, 10 September 2008, p. 31 (Magenta illustrated in color). V. DuPonchelle, "Toute la Planete Reunie à Versailles pour Jeff Koons," Le Figaro, 10 September 2008, p. 1 (Magenta illustrated in color). Directmatin Plus, 15 September 2008, p. 1 (Magenta illustrated in color). R. Morata, "Jeff Koons au Château de Versailles," Point de Vue, 17 September 2008, p. 64 (Magenta illustrated in color). L. Dandrieu, "Koons Squatte Versailles," Valeurs Actuelles, 18 September 2008, p. 74 (Magenta illustrated in color). Kulturpur, September 2008-July 2009, pp. 16 and 23 (Red illustrated in color). U. Thon, "Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand," Art, October 2008, pp. 4 and 37 (Yellow illustrated in color). M. Houellebecq, "Jeff Koons," Art World, issue 7, October/November 2008, p. 33 (Magenta illustrated in color). Art + Auction, November 2008, p. 26 (Yellow illustrated in color). P. Dagen, "Evenement: Jeff Koons Versailles," Artpress, November 2008, p. 23 (Magenta illustrated in color). A.M. Merlo and G. Harris, "Guides Told: Don't Mock the Koons," The Art Newspaper, December 2008, p. 1 (Magenta illustrated in color). C. Bonham-Carter and D. Hodge, The Contemporary Art Book, London, 2009, p. 134 (Magenta illustrated in color). H. W. Holzworth, ed., 100 Contemporary Artists, Cologne, 2009, p. 323 (Red illustrated in color). D. Lock, ed., Children's Book of Art, London, 2009, p. 130 (Yellow illustrated in color). M. Sollins, ed., art: 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Dalton, 2009 (Magenta illustrated in color on the cover). Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2009: State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture, New Haven, 2009, p. 26 (Magenta illustrated in color). M. Simmons, "Art Star," Lifestyles Magazine, winter 2009, issue 218, p. 26 (Yellow illustrated in color). A. Montejo Navas, "Another Aesthetic Mainstream," Lapiz, no. 250-251, February/March 2009, p. 116 (Magenta illustrated in color). E. Kinsella, "Buying the Best of the Best," ARTnews, summer 2009, p. 13 and 115 (Yellow illustrated in color). K. Sekules, "There Goes the Neighborhood," Interior Design, August 2009, p. 112-113 (illustrated in color). M. Cashdan, "Sharing the Wealth," Whitewall, autumn 2009, p. 76 (Red illustrated in color). J. Lageira, "Celebration's Deception," Esse: Arts & Opinions, autumn 2009, p. 7 (Magenta illustrated in color). "Austria: Art + Architecture + Design," ARTnews, October 2009, p. 73 (Blue illustrated in color). S. Peale, "At Work: The Chores and Magic at Jeff Koons, Inc.," Modern Painters, December 2009/January 2010, p. 62 (Red illustrated in color). Jeff Koons: New Paintings, exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2010, p. 3 (Yellow illustrated in color). J. Fineberg, Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being: Third Edition, New York, 2010, p. 459 (Magenta illustrated in color). Jeff Koons: Popeye Sculpture, exh. cat., Paris, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, 2010, p. 8 (Blue illustrated in color). B. Lewis, "Into the Dustbin," Programma, spring 2010, p. 118 (Yellow illustrated in color). J. Gurney, "Gurney's Guide to Art and Watches: An A to Z of High Art and High Watchmaking," Vanity Fair on Time, October 2010, p. 24 (Yellow illustrated in color). "Looking and Learning," SchoolArts Magazine, November 2010, p. 28 (Yellow illustrated). F. Bonnet, "Murakami is No Competition for the Sun King," The Art Newspaper, November 2010, p. 36 (Magenta illustrated in color). P. Javault, "Le Bon Exemple: Jeff Koons," 20/27, no. 5, 2011, p. 136 (Yellow illustrated in color). K. Johnson, Are You Experienced?: How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art, New York, 2011, p. 192 (Yellow illustrated in color). S. Lavin, Kissing Architecture, Princeton, 2011, p. 27 (Magenta illustrated in color). Anslem Reyle, exh. cat., Denmark, Arken Museum of Modern Art, 2011, p. 17 (Yellow illustrated in color). Jeff Koons: The Painter & The Sculptor, exh. cat., Schrin Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2012, p. 62 (Magenta illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner.