mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
Cracked Egg
Details
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
two parts: 65 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (bottom), 39 3/8 x 62 5/8 x 62 5/8 inches (top)
165.1 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (bottom), 100 x 159.1 x 159.1 cm (top)
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Blue, Red, Magenta, Violet, Yellow)
1994-2006
EXHIBITED:
Jeff Koons. Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland [May 13, 2012 - October 2, 2012] (Blue)
Jeff Koons: Cracked Egg (Blue). Conservatory, Aylesbury, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England [May 12 - October 31, 2010] (Blue)
Sexuality and Transcendence. Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine [April 24 - September 19, 2010] (Violet)
Jeff Koons: Celebration. Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany [October 31, 2008 - February 8, 2009] (Blue)
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Inaugural Installation. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California [February 16 - September 30, 2008] (Red)
Summer Exhibition 2008. Royal Academy of Arts, London, England [June 9 - August 17, 2008] (Blue)
Jeff Koons. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [May 31 - September 21, 2008] (Magenta)
Jeff Koons: Cracked Egg (Blue). Gagosian Gallery, London, England [October 2 – December 2, 2006] (Blue)
LITERATURE:
"Malibu Seen: Art with An Edge," The Malibu Times, April 23, 2017 (Red).
Rothkopf, Scott [supervised by Bernard Blistène]. Jeff Koons: La Retrospective. France: Centre Pompidou, 2014, p. 150 (Blue, not exhibited).
Koons, Jeff and Norman Rosenthal. Jeff Koons: Entretiens avec Norman Rosenthal. Hove, England: Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 228 (installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, 2008, Magenta) [French Edition].
Koons, Jeff and Norman Rosenthal. Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal. China: Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 228 (installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, 2008, Magenta) [English Edition].
Gagosian Gallery. Jeff Koons: Split-Rocker. England: Gagosian Gallery, 2014.
Husslein-Arco, Agnes, Edelbert Köb, and Thomas Mießgang, ed. The Other Side: Mirrors and Reflections in Contemporary Art. Exh. cat., Vienna, 2014, p. 128 (Blue).
Holzwarth, Hans Werner, ed. Brancusi in New York 1913-2013. Exh. cat., New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2013, p. 88.
Crow, Kelly. "A Steel Mogul's Fascination With Koons's 'Cracked Egg'." Wall Street Journal 26 July 2013, illustrated in color (Violet).
Delos, Soline. “Une Journée avec Jeff Koons.” Elle [Paris] September 2010, illustrated in color (Blue).
Thompson, Theresa. “Modern art at Waddeson Manor.” The Oxford Times 29 July 2010 (Blue).
Holzworth, Hans Werner, ed. 100 Contemporary Artists. Cologne, 2009, p. 324, illustrated in color (Blue).
Jones, Jonathan. "Not Just the King of Kitsch." The Guardian 30 June 2009, p. 7, illustrated in color (Blue).
Jeff Koons: Celebration. Exh. cat., Berlin: Neue Nationalgalerie, 2009, pp. 54-57.
Duncan, Michael. “LACMA Sizes Up.” Art in America May 2008, pp. 66-71, illustrated in color (Red).
"As sure as Eggs is Eggs - The Emblem of Easter." Kudos Magazine April 2009, cover, p. 30, illustrated in color (Blue, Magenta).
McCaughey, Patrick. "Taming the Monster." Apollo April 2008, p. 30 (installation view, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles, 2008), illustrated in color (Red).
Holzwarth, Hans Werner, ed. Jeff Koons. Cologne, 2007, pp. 420-21, illustrated in color (Blue).
“The $3.5 Million Broken Egg.” The New York Sun 12 October 2006, front page, illustrated in color (Blue).