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Wishing Well by Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

Wishing Well, 1988

Gilded wood and mirror
221 x 142.2 x 15.2 cm (87.01 x 55.98 x 5.98 in)
Sculpture
Edition of 3
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (10 Nov 2009)
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Past Sales
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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
Nov 10, 2009Wishing Well3
Christie'sNew York
Nov 11, 2008Wishing Well
Sotheby'sNew York
May 14, 1998Wishing Well
Sotheby'sNew York
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Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

221 x 142.2 x 15.2 cm (87.01 x 55.98 x 5.98 in)

Materials

gilded wood and mirror

Signature

dated and numbered '1988 3/3' (on the reverse)

Provenance

Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne.

Private collection, Cologne, 1988.

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991.

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Max Hetzler, Banality, November 1988, p. 121 (another example illustrated in color). New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Banality, November-December 1988 (another example exhibited). Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Aarhus Kunstmuseum and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, November 1992-April 1993, p. 7 (Amsterdam), p. 58, pl. 43 (Aarhus) and p. 58, no. 43 (Stuttgart), (another example illustrated in color). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Jeff Koons, December 1992-October 1993, no. 49, pl. 41 (another example illustrated in color). London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Jeff Koons: A Survey 1981-1994, June-July 1994 (another example exhibited). London, Institute of Contemporary Art, Belladona, January-April 1997 (another example exhibited). Paris, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Jeff Koons, September-November 1997, n.p. (another example illustrated in color). Athens, DESTE Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration, December 1999-May 2000, p. 7 (another example illustrated in color). Athens, DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Monument to Now, June-December 2004, pp. 211, 425 (another example illustrated in color). Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, October 2004-January 2005, pp. 132-133 (illustrated in color).

Literature

"Jeff Koons," ArtForum, February 1989, vol. 10, pp. 176 and 187 (illustrated). R. Block, "The Readymade Boomerang," Art is Easy, 7 April 1990, p. 423, no. 234 (illustrated in color). J. Koons, The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, p. 160. A. Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, p. 113, pl. 16 (illustrated in color). "Sales Preview," Art+Auction, November 2005, p. 212 (edition one of three illustrated in color). H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2007, pp. 282, 300 (another example illustrated in color). L. Camhi, "The Seer-Ileana Sonnabend," New York Times Style Magazine, 2 December 2007, p. 209 (another example illustrated in color). R. Pincus-Witten, "Passages: The Eyes Had It," ArtForum, January 2008, p. 70 (another example illustrated in color). H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2009, pp. 278, 290 (another example illustrated in color).