BEAR AND POLICEMAN, 1988

sculpture

215.9 x 109.2 x 94 cm (85 x 42.99 x 37.01 in)

polychromed wood

signed, dated 1988, and numbered 3/3 on the underside

The artist

Private Collection, Italy

Private Collection, New York

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1997)

Acquired from the above by David Teiger in June 1998

New York, Sonnabend Gallery; Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler; and Chicago, Donald Young Gallery, Banality, November 1988 - January 1989 (an edition no. shown at each venue)

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Horn of Plenty: 16 Artists from New York, January - February 1989 (edition no. unknown)

Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Kunststichting; and Rotterdam, Galerie t'Venster, Jeff Koons: Nieuw Werk, January - February 1989, illustrated in exhibition brochure (edition no. unknown)

Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation, May - August 1989, no. 26 (edition no. unknown), p. 40 (text)

Malmö, Rooseum Malmö, What is Contemporary Art?, June - July 1989, p. 103, no. 55, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Mit dem Fernrohr durch die Kungeschichte, August - October 1989, no. 49, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Culture and Commodity: An Eighties Perspective, February - May 1990 (edition no. unknown) 

New York, Museum of Modern Art; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago; and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, High & Low: Modern Art, Popular Culture, October 1990 - September 1991, p. 397, no. 35, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler, Robert Gober, On Kawara, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Albert Oehlen, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Philip Taaffe, Christopher Wool, May - June 1992, p. 31, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Pully/Lausanne, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain; Turin, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea; Athens, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art; and Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, Post Human, June 1992 - May 1993, p. 109, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Jeff Koons, December 1992 - October 1993, no. 40, illustrated in color (artist's proof) 

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Aarhus, Aarhus Kunstmuseum; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Jeff Koons - Retrospectiv, November 1992 - April 1993, p. 64, no. 46, illustrated in color (edition no. 1/3)

Bordeaux, CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain, Collection pour une region: Richard Baquie, Jedermann N.A., Jeff Koons, Rombouts & Droste, Haim Steinbach, June - November 1993, p. 35, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, From Beyond the Pale: Art and Artists at the Edge of Consensus, 1994, p. 35, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Tuning Up. Einsatz für eine Sammlung in Wolfsburg, May - September 1994, n.p., illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3)

Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Tuning Up #2, October - November 1994,  illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3)

Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Tuning Up #3, September 1995 - January 1996 (edition no. 2/3)

Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, The Age of Modernism - Art in the 20th Century, May - July 1997, p. 110, no. 334, illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3) 

Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Jeff Koons, June - September 2003, p. 66, illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3)

Tokyo, Mori Art Museum,  A Survival Guide for Art and Life, October 2003 - January 2004, p. 75, no. 56, p. 297 (text) (artist's proof)

Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art; and Helsinki City Art Museum, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, September 2004 - April 2005, p. 88, illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3) 

London, Hayward Gallery, Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist's Eye, October - December 2005 (edition no. 2/3) 

Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, New York, New York, July - September 2006, p. 479, no. 498, illustrated in color (edition no. 2/3)

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Jeff Koons, May - September 2008, p. 69, illustrated in color, and illustrated in color on the back cover (detail) (artist's proof) 

Versailles, Château de Versailles, Jeff Koons Versailles, October 2008 - April 2009, pp. 61, 148, and 166, illustrated in color, and pp. 62-63, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. 2/3)

New York, Deitch Projects, Pig, April - August 2009 (artist's proof)

Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Childish Things, November 2010 - January 2011, p. 46 (text), p. 47, illustrated in color, and p. 95, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)

Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons, May - September 2012, p. 119, illustrated in color, and p. 121, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1989) (edition no. 2/3)

London, Hayward Gallery, The Human Factor, June - September 2014,  p. 129, illustrated in color, p. 130, illustrated in color (detail), and p. 131 (text) (edition no. unknown) 

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne; and Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 2014 - September 2015, p. 106, no. 59, illustrated in color, and p. 115, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1989) (artist's proof in New York; edition no. 2/3 in Paris and Bilbao)

Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, In the Cage of Freedom, October 2016 - January 2017, p. 15 (edition no. 2/3)

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, America! America! How real is real?, December 2017 - May 2018 (edition no. unknown) 

New York, Skarstedt Gallery, Approaching the Figure, January - February 2018 (edition no. unknown)

"Atlantisches Bundnis, eine Gesprächsrunde mit Georg Herold, Jeff Koons und Isabelle Graw," Wolkenkratzer, January - February 1998, pp. 36-44

Martin van Nieuwenhuyzen, "Horn of Plenty," Flash Art, March/April 1989, p. 102, illustrated (in installation) 

"Big Fun: Four reactions to the new Jeff Koons," Arscribe International, March/April 1989, p. 49, illustrated (in installation) 

"Collaborations, Martin Kippenberger-Jeff Koons," Parkett, no. 19, 1989, p. 35 (text)

Hunter Drohojowska, "The '80s Stop Making Sense," ARTnews, October 1989, p. 147, illustrated (in installation)

Klaus Kertess, "Bad," Parkett, no. 19, 1989, p. 35, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Jean-Christophe Ammann, "Der Fall Jeff Koons," Parkett, no. 19, 1989, p. 54 (text)

Thomas Kellein, Mit dem Fernrohr durch die Kunstgeschichte: von Galilei zu den Gebrüdern Mongolfier, Basel, 1989, no. 49, illustrated 

Brook Adams, "Into the Woods: Thoughts on A Forest of Signs," Art and Design 6, 1990, p. 44, illustrated (in installation)

"An Evening with Jeff Koons," The Smithsonian Associate, vol. 18, no. 7, March 1990, p. 12, illustrated, and illustrated in color on the cover 

Robert Storr, "Jeff Koons," Art Press, October 1990, p. 20, illustrated in color

Clare Farrow, Andreas Papadakis and Nicola Hadges, "Jeff Koons: The Power of Seduction," Art & Design 6, nos. 1-2, 1990, pp. 48-53; reprinted in New Art International, Academy Editions, London, 1991, pp. 153-157 

Alessandra Mammi, "I neomoderni," L'Espresso, no. 21, May 26, 1991, p. 26, p. 93, illustrated in color 

Thomas Frend, "Ein Happening für Gefühle und Begierden," Newmag, July 1991, p. 42, illustrated in color 

Claudia Kirsch, "Ich bin einer der perversesten Menschen," Esquire, March 1992, p. 15, illustrated in color

Angelika Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, p. 120, no. 22, illustrated in color (detail), p. 25, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1988), p. 120, illustrated in color (detail), and p. 121, illustrated in color (in installation at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, 1988) (edition no. unknown)

Albig Von Jorg-Uwe, "Jeff Koons, ein Prophet der inneren Leere," Art-Das Kunstmagazin, December 1992, p. 57, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Robert Rosenblum, et. al., The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, p. 115, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Munich, K-Raum Daxer, Selected Works from the Early Eighties: Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Allan McCollum, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, 1992

David Littlejohn, "Who is Jeff Koons and Why Are People Saying Such Terrible Things About Him?," ARTnews, April 1993, p. 92, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Erik Jens Sorensen, Jeff Koons, Denmark, 1993, p. 64

The 20th Century Art Book, London, 1996, p. 249, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Thomas Zaunschirm, Kunst als Sündenfall: Die Tabuverletzungen des Jeff Koons, Rombach, 1996, p. 52 (text)

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Die Epoche der Moderne Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert, 1997, no. 334, illustrated (edition no. 2/3)

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Guggenheim, Jeff Koons Easyfun-Ethereal, 2001 

Thomas Kellein, ed., Jeff Koons Pictures 1988-2002, New York, 2002 

"Jeff Koons: Son kitsch vaut des millions!," Paris Match, no. 2798, January 2-8, 2003, p. 4, illustrated (in installation) 

Exh. Cat., New York, C&M Arts, Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, 2004, pp. 17 and 88, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1988) (edition no. unknown)

Ken Miller, "The Establishment: Jeff Koons [interview]" Tokion, March - April 2005, p. 6, p. 16, and pp. 38-41, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Müller Von Hans-Joachim, "Wir sind Oberammergau," Monopol, no. 6, December 2006, p. 45, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2007, p. 299, illustrated in color (in installation at Galerie Max Hetzler, 1988), pp. 304-305, illustrated in color (detail), p. 306, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Elena Molinaro and Gianni Romano, Jeff Koons, Retrospettivamente, Milan, 2007, p. 29, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

Stephanie Seymour, "Jeff Koons: Art Made in Heaven," Whitewall, Fall 2007, p. 140, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

Leslie Camhi, "The Seer - Ileana Sonnabend," New York Times Style Magazine, December 2, 2007, p. 209, illustrated (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1988)

Ingrid Sischy, "Alla Coute di Re Jeff," Vanity Fair, no. 40, October 8, 2008, illustrated (in installation) 

Jeff Koons, "The Eyes Had It: Robert Pincus-Witten, Jeff Koons, and Haim Steinbach on Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007)," Artforum, January 2008, p. 70, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1988) (edition no. unknown) 

Thomas Wagner, "Generation Zeitgeist," Art-Das Kunstmagazin no. 1, January 2008, p. 4, illustrated in color (in installation at Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1988) (edition no. unknown)

Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2009, pp. 295 and 298, illustrated in color (in installation with other works from the Banality series, New York, 1989) (artist's proof)

L. Marsova, "AO On Site - Basel," Art Observed, June 14, 2012, illustrated (in installation) 

Matthew Taylor, ed., Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, London, 2014, p. 139, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)

signed, dated 1988, and numbered 3/3 on the underside

polychromed wood

85 by 43 by 37 in. 215.9 by 109.2 by 94 cm.

Executed in 1988, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 plus one artist's proof.