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Aqualung by Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

Aqualung, 1985

Bronze
68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5 cm (27 x 17.5 x 17.5 in)
Sculpture
Edition of 3
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Momentum 12M
2.8%
CAGR
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, New York (16 Nov 2021)
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Past Sales
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ImageLast Sale DateTitleEdition No.Last SaleLast Sale Auction HouseLast Sale Location
Nov 16, 2021Aqualung3
Sotheby'sNew York
May 12, 2014Aqualung
Christie'sNew York
May 13, 2002Aqualung2
PhillipsNew York
Artwork Description
Category

sculpture

Dimensions

68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5 cm (27 x 17.5 x 17.5 in)

Materials

bronze

Provenance

International With Monument Gallery, New York

Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1986

Literature

Peter Carlsen, "Jeff Koons: On the Occasion of His First Museum Retrospective, A Look at One of the Most Captivating Artist of the 1980s," Contemporanea International Art Magazine , Vol. 1, No. 3, September - October 1988, p. 38, illustrated

Jean-Christophe Ammann, "Jeff Koons: A Case Study," Parkett , No. 19, March 1989, p. 57, illustrated,

Angelika Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons , Cologne 1992, pp. 19, 57, and 65, installation views, p. 20 (text), and pp. 66-67, illustrated in color

Robert Rosenblum, et. al., The Jeff Koons Handbook , London 1992, p. 59, illustrated in color

Albig Jorg-Uwe, "Jeff Koons, ein Prophet der inneren Leere," Art , December 1992, p. 54, illustrated

David Bowie, "Super-Banalism and the Innocent Salesman," Modern Painters , Spring 1998, p. 28, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, Jeff Koons: Easyfun-Ethereal , October 2000 - January 2001, p. 31, fig. 13, illustrated in color

Thomas Kellein, Jeff Koons: Pictures 1980-2002 , New York 2003, p. 19

Kelly Devine Thomas, "The Selling of Jeff Koons," Art News 5, May 2005, p. 116, installation view (the present example exhibited)

Francesco Bonami, ed., Jeff Koons , Verona 2006, p. 33, illustrated in color

Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Jeff Koons (Supercontemporanea Series) , Milan 2006, pp. 32-33, illustrated in color

Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons , Cologne 2007, pp. 148, 155, and 562-63, installation views, and pp. 166-67, illustrated in color

Stephanie Seymour, "Jeff Koons: Art Made in Heaven," Whitewall , Fall 2007, p. 140, illustrated

Elena Molinaro and Gianni Romano, Jeff Koons. Retrospettivamente , Milan 2007, p. 8, illustrated

Marie-Pierre Nakamura, "USA: Jeff Koons," Art Actuel 57, July - August 2008, p. 70, illustrated in color

Helianthe Bourdeaux-Martin, "Profile - Dominique Levy," Whitewall , Winter 2008, p. 42, illustrated in installation

Exh. Cat., London, Serpentine Gallery, Jeff Koons: Popeye Series , July - September 2009, p. 73, illustrated in color

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jeff Koons: The Conversation Series , Germany 2009, p. 78, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons , May - September 2012, p. 17, fig. 4, illustrated in color

Norman Rosenthal, ed., Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal , New York 2014, p. 26, illustrated in color, and p. 98, installation view

Luther Blisset, "Sept moments-clef dans une vie d'artiste," Beaux Arts Magazine , December 2014, pp. 8-9, illustrated in installation (the present example exhibited)

Hans Werner Holzwarth, Koons, Cologne 2015, p. 28 (text)

Description

Jeff Koons

b.1955

Aqualung

bronze

27 by 17 ½ by 17 ½ in. 68.6 by 44.5 by 44.5 cm.

Executed in 1985, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.