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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 18, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 26B | $****** - ****** | New Shelton Wet/Drys 10 Gallon, New Shelton Wet/Drys 5 Gallon Doubledecker |
sculpture
208.3 x 132.1 x 71.1 cm (82 x 52 x 28 in)
four vacuum cleaners, acrylic, fluorescent lighting
New Shelton Wet/Drys 10 Gallon, New Shelton Wet/Drys 5 Gallon Doubledecker
Erwin Mieger, San Francisco
Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
Berkeley, University Art Museum, University of California, July 1986-May 1988 (on loan).
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture, October 1990-September 1991, pp. 393 and 395, fig. 31 (illustrated in color).
J. Koons and R. Rosenblum, The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, p. 153.
Jeff Koons, exh. cat., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992, n.p., no. 9 (erroneously illustrated in color).
A. Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, p. 47 (illustrated in color).
D. Littlejohn, “Who is Jeff Koons and Why Are People Saying Such Terrible Things About Him?” Artnews, vol. 92, no. 4, April 1993, p. 93 (illustrated).
H.W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2008, pp. 132 and 584 (illustrated in color).
"Reflections: Jeff Koons’ Philosophy of Perfection," NOWNESS, 16 June 2014 (video).
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
