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3:00 PM PT - May 12th, 2005
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JEFF KOONS (b. 1955) MONKEY signed and dated "Koons 99" on the reverse crystal glass, mirrored glass,colored plastic interlayer and stainless steel 88¾ x 59⅞ x 1¾ in. (225.4 x 152.1 x 4.5 cm) executed in 1999 this work is unique PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Provenance Sonnabend Gallery, NEW YORK Exhibited Kunsthaus Bregenz, JEFF KOONS, July 18-September 16, 2001, p. 110 (blue version exhibited) Literature E. Schneider, ed., JEFF KOONS, BREGENZ, 2001, p. 110 (blue version) I TRY TO CREATE CHARISMA THROUGH MATERIALISM. I TRY TO MANIPULATE THE AUDIENCE AND I TRY TO CONTROL THIS ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR SENSATIONS. THE PUBLIC IS MY READY-MADE. JEFF KOONS QUOTED IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST IN A. MUTHESIUS, ED., JEFF KOONS, COLOGNE, 1992, PP. 26-27 ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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