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Jeff Koons (b. 1955)

Walrus (Blue)

Details
Jeff Koons (b. 1955)
Walrus (Blue)
signed and dated 'Jeff Koons 1999' (on the reverse)
crystal glass, mirrored glass, colored plastic interlayer and stainless steel
87½ x 58½ x 1½in. (222.2 x 148.6 x 3.8cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is from an edition of three plus one artist proof, each unique in colour
Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York.
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Easyfun, exh. cat, New York, Sonnabend Gallery, 1999 (red version exhibited).
Extraordinaries Realities, exh. cat., Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, 2000 (red version exhibited).
Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Bregenz, Kunsthaus, 2001 (red version illustrated in colour, p. 67).
Jeff Koons, Paintings, Photos, Prints 1980-2002, exh. cat., Bielefeld, Kunsthaus, 2002 (purple version exhibited).
F. Bonami, Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008 (blue green version illustrated in colour, p. 93).
H. W. Holzwarth, Jeff Koons, Cologne 2009 (red version illustrated in colour, p. 437).
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