Asta: 529 / Post War / Contemporary Art del 10 giugno 2022 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 156

 

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Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021.
Porcelain with blue, high-gloss metal coating
Stima:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Risultato:
€ 23,125 / $ 24,975

( commissione inclusa)
Balloon Dog (Blue). 2021.
Porcelain with blue, high-gloss metal coating.
With the artist's name, the date and the number on the underside. From an edition of 799 copies. Ca. 38 x 48 x 15.8 cm (14.9 x 18.8 x 6.2 in).
Accompanied by a certifcate from the manufacturer and a gift box designed by Jeff Koons. With care and handling instructions. [AM].

• The 3 meter tall version of the "Balloon Dog" fetched the then world record price of almost 40 million euros at an auction in New York in 2013.
• Jeff Koons creates a charming illusion with his famous high-gloss balloon animals.
• Koons is represented in over 50 renowned museums, foundations and cultural institutions worldwide
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Commercial mass-produced goods, banal knick-knack and traditional sculptural elements form a truly unique combination in Jeff Koons' artistic oeuvre. Kitsch and commerce have been defining the artist's work since the 1980s, polarizing with his sometimes larger-than-life porcelain figurines and elevating brand-new vacuum cleaners to ready-mades worthy of museum exhibitions. Among his best-known works are the "Balloon Animals", with which the artist immortalizes the brightly colored, trendy aesthetics of balloons modeled into animal figures. A supposedly short-lived, everyday disposable product is elevated to an eternally beautiful work of art with the help of the flawless, highly polished surface. "The most important thing to me is the preservation of the object – the sense that it has been created to survive and that its longevity is certain", explains Koons (cited from: www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ jeff-koons-2368/jeff-koons-banality-decadence-and-easyfun).



156
Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021.
Porcelain with blue, high-gloss metal coating
Stima:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Risultato:
€ 23,125 / $ 24,975

( commissione inclusa)