Lot 22
  • 22

Jeff Koons

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jeff Koons
  • Two Kids
  • stainless steel
  • 58.4 by 36.8 by 36.8cm.
  • 23 by 14 1/2 by 14 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1986, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in September 1987

Exhibited

Münich, Kunstverein, New York in View, 1988
Münich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, Denkbilder, 1991
Karlsruhe, Museum für Neue Kunst im ZKM, Dauerleihgabe, 1999 - 2005, on extended loan

Literature

Giancarlo Politi, 'Interview', in: Flash Art, February-March 1987, p. 74, illustration of another example
Miriam Horn, 'The Avant-Garde', in: U.S. News and World Report, May 1987, pp. 68-69, illustration of another example
Norbert Messler, 'Paul Maenz', in: Galeries Magazine, December 1987, pp. 102-109, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie International, 1988, p. 91, illustration of another example in colour
Veit Loers, 'Interview with Jeff Koons', in: Schalf der Vernuft, February 1988, pp. 111-115, illustration of another example
Felix Zdenek, 'Jeff Koons', in: New York in View, February 1988, n.p, illustration of another example
Anon., 'Schamlos Schon', in: Der Spiegel, February 1988, pp. 228-231
Lynne Warren, 'Post-Conceptualism', in: Three Decades, December 1989, p. 80, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Newport, Harbor Art Museum, Objectives: The New Sculpture, 1990, pp. 90-91, illustration of another example in colour
Anon., 'The Subject is Objects', in: Orange Coast Weekend, April 1990, p. 16, illustration of another example
Sabeth Buchmann, 'New York New York', in: Vogue, April 1990, pp. 266-271, illustration of another example in colour
Peter Schjedahl, 'Jeff Koons', in: Objectives, May 1990, pp. 82-99, illustration of another example in colour
Michael Vaupel, 'Bis sich der Kopf dreht', in: Ruhr-Anzeiger Waz, Velberter Zeitung und Westdeutsche Allgemeine, October 1991, p. 1, illustration of another example
Anthony d'Offay, Ed., The Jeff Koons, London 1992, p. 159, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, San Francisco, Museum of Art, Jeff Koons, 1992, no. 33, illustration of another example
Angelika Muthesius, Ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne 1992, p. 90, no. 6, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jeff Koons, 1992, no. 33, illustration of another example in colour
Lara Morell, 'Jeff Koons Interview: The Political Value of Art', in: Skala, June 1993, pp. 38-42, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jeff Koons, 1993, p. 37, illustration of another example in colour
Bice Curiger, 'Niko Pirosmani and Contemporary Art', in: Signos and Milagros, pp. 44-45, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, Easyfun-Etheral, 2000-2001, p. 35, fig. 17, illustration of another example in colour
Hans Werner Holzwarth, Jeff Koons, Cologne 2008, n.p., illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons, 2008, p. 55, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.