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Magenta Balloon Dog

10 1/4 X 10 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches
Jeff Koons

Balloon Dog (Magenta), 2015

porcelain sculpture coated with a reflective finish
10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 5 inches
Edition of 2300 plus 50 APs
Stamped "Jeff Koons" in magenta on the reverse
Hand numbered in felt-tip pen on the reverse
With a hand numbered certificate of authenticity, signed by Michel Bernardaud
Produced by Bernardaud in Limoges, France
Pristine condition, in the original publisher's box

Literature
Ou Zhanrong, "Impression Gallery: "The Eternal Gift of Jeff Koons" Art Emperor, January 27, 2021, (color ill. online). Yellow, Orange)
Iuliia Tore, "The Wellem Joins the Unbound Collection by Hyatt," Rus Tourism News, November 10, 2020, (color ill. online)
Lien Kaspari, "Promis stellen ihre Werke auf Sylt aus," Bild (Germany), June 27, 2020, (color ill. online)
Ryan Chiu Zhao Zhihan, "How to buy sky-high contemporary art with thousands to ten of thousands," The Value (Hong Kong), April 7, 2020, (color ill. online)
“The most objective statement: the art of Jeff Koons and the readymade," Mas de Arte, February 10, 2020 (color ill. online)
Nate Freeman, "5 Essential Tips for Collecting Prints," Artsy, August 17, 2018, (color ill. online)
Lisa Guerrero Nakpil, "Jeff Koons and the Year of the Dog," The Philippine Star, April 9, 2018, (color ill. online) (Magenta)
Deborah Vankin, "MOCA names its spring gala honoree: Jeff Koons," Los Angeles Times, March 17, 2017, (color ill. online)

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Jeff Koons Balloon Dog (Magenta), 2015
Alternate view
Jeff Koons Balloon Dog (Magenta), 2015
Alternate view
Jeff Koons Balloon Dog (Magenta), 2015
Alternate view
Jeff Koons Balloon Dog (Magenta), 2015
Original publisher's box

Balloon Dog is a very optimistic piece, it's a balloon that a clown might twist for you at a birthday party. But at the same time there's the profoundness of an archaic sculpture. The piece has an interior life while the reflective exterior surface affirms the viewer through their reflection. The porcelain only accentuates the sexuality of the piece.

JEFF KOONS BALLOON DOG

Balloon Dog is a very optimistic piece, it's a balloon that a clown might twist for you at a birthday party. But at the same time there's the profoundness of an archaic sculpture. The piece has an interior life while the reflective exterior surface affirms the viewer through their reflection. The porcelain only accentuates the sexuality of the piece. For Balloon Dog (Magenta), it's been a pleasure working with Bernardaud, who proudly work with only the finest materials, innovative processesand artisan talent. Their experience in porcelain dates back 150 years. Since the creation of Balloon Dog (Red) and Balloon Dog (Blue), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has been involved in the distribution of the editions so I'm pleased to partner with MOCA to be supportive of their endeavors.
- Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons' Magenta Balloon Dog is considered the supreme example from the highly acclaimed Celebration series of paintings and sculptures that Koons began in the early 1990s. The series evolved from his desire to recreate the ecstatic experiences of a child's enjoyment of the world through universal signifiers representing birthday parties and festive events. It is one of five Balloon Dog sculptures made from precision engineered, mirror-polished porcelain and finished with a translucent coating of either blue, magenta, orange, red, or yellow. Balloon Dog radiantly beautiful color and pristine finish embodies a contemporary vision of fin-de-siécle opulence. With its giant swollen body and highly reflective surface, porcelain balloon animal conveys a miraculous illusion of weightlessness.

When the Celebration works eventually started to be shown in museums around the world in 2000, Koons' reputation as one of the world's greatest sculptors was immediately renewed and deepened. Over the years, he has explored a whole gamut of sculptural materials, including readymade objects, bronze, porcelain, wood, stainless steel, Murano glassand even live flowers. It is these three-dimensional forms that find the most enthusiasm as their tangible qualities posses an ability to engage sensual experience in a way that is almost impossible in any other medium.

Like the Jeff Koons red & blue balloon dogs, the Jeff Koons magenta balloon dog limited edition multiple sculpture that Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd., has for sale is in pristine condition, contained in the original box, as published in 2016.

Each Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture is accompanied with the original plastic standand most importantly, the Sculpture has never been displayed and/or handled like most Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculptures bought and sold on the secondary market.

That means the Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculpture purchased from Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd., is without the usual fingerprints; scuffs; nicks and missing pieces/chips often seen on the majority of Jeff Koons Balloon Dog Sculptures offered at public auction or on eBay for so called "bargain" prices.

Joseph K. Levene Fine Art, Ltd., also has the desirable Jeff Koons Red & Blue Balloon Dog Sculpture Set of two, each in pristine conditionand contained in the original Publisher's Packing.

 

 

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