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JEFF KOONS (b. 1955) YORKSHIRE TERRIERS incised with signature, numbered of three and dated "91" on the underside polychromed wood 17½ x 20½ x 17 in.(44.4 x 52 x 43.2 cm) executed in 1991 this work is from an edition of three plus one artist's proof Provenance Anthony d'Offay Gallery, LONDON Exhibited NEW YORK, Sonnabend Gallery and COLOGNE, Galerie Max Hetzler, JEFF KOONS: MADE IN HEAVEN, November-December 1991 (another example exhibited) LAUSANNE, Galerie Lehmann, MADE IN HEAVEN, September-November 1992 (another example exhibited) LONDON, South Bank Center, Hayward Gallery, DOUBLE TAKE: COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND CURRENT ART, February 20-April 20, 1992, p. 178 (another example exhibited illustrated) Literature L. Cooke, B. Curiger and G. Hilty, DOUBLE TAKE: COLLECTIVE MEMORY & CURRENT ART, LONDON/ZURICH/NEW YORK,1992, p. 178 (illustrated) A. Spinkle, "Hard-Core Heaven: Unsafe Sex with Jeff Koons," ARTS MAGAZINE, March 1992, p. 47 (illustrated) J.C. Amman, JEFF KOONS, COLOGNE, 1992, p. 39, no. 31 (illustrated) J. Koons and R. Rosenblum, THE JEFF KOONS HANDBOOK, LONDON, 1992, pp. 124-125 (illustrated) A. Muthesius, JEFF KOONS, COLOGNE, 1992, pp. 148-149 and back cover (illustrated) M. Gayford, "What's Yours is Mine," THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, LONDON, July 26, 1992, p. 1 (illustrated) J. Joseph, "Penetrating Art Dekko," THE TIMES REVIEW, LONDON, October 17, 1992, pp. 1-2 (illustrated) I TRIED TO MAKE WORK THAT ANY VIEWER, NO MATTER WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO, WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT ON SOME LEVEL 'YES, I LIKE IT'. IF THEY COULDN'T DO THAT, IT WOULD ONLY BE BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN TOLD THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STRIP ALL THAT DOWN AND SAY 'YOU KNOW IT'S SILLY, BUT I LIKE THAT PIECE. IT'S GREAT'. Jeff Koons quoted in A. Muthesius, ed., JEFF KOONS, COLOGNE, 1992, p. 138 ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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