EARLY WORKS

I Told You Once, I Told You Twice
1977

mixed media including vinyl, acrylic paint, porcelain, fabric, and foil
36 x 38 x 16 inches
91.4 x 96.5 x 40.6 cm

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  • Katy Siegel, "Jeff Koons talks to Katy Siegel," Artforum, March 2003, p. 252

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 42 (color ill. p. 42, fig. 3)

    Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), p. 81 (color ill. p. 82)

    Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 50 (color ill. p. 50, fig. 3)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015), p. 46 (color ill. p. 46, fig. 3)

    Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat. (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), p. 171 (color ill.)

Sponges with Single Double-Sided Floor Mirror
1978

vinyl, mirrors, and acrylic
15 3/16 x 20 3/4 x 25 inches
38.6 x 52.7 x 63.5 cm

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014

  • Andrew Russeth, "Watch the Throne," Gallerist, June 26, 2014

    Thomas Crow, "American Idol," Review of Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Artforum 53, no. 1 (September 2014), p. 313 (ill. p. 313, installation)

    Colin Lemoine, Philippe Piguet, and Fabien Simode, "Masterchefs, ces artistes chefs d’entreprise qui ne mettent pas la main à la pâte," Text in French) L'oeil (Paris) 674 (December 2014), p. 45 (color ill.)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), pp. 43, 285 (color ill. p. 43)

    Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), pp. 51, 297 (color ill. p. 51)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015, p. 47 (color ill. p. 47)

Sponge Shelf
1978

sponges, mirrors, and acrylic 
21 3/8 x 12 x 12 inches
54.3 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014

    Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Jeff Koons. Shine, October 2, 2021 – January 31, 2022

  • Andrew Russeth, "Watch the Throne," Gallerist, June 26, 2014 http://galleristny.com/2014/06/watch-the-throne/

    Barbara Hoffman, "Catch kitschy and kinky art at Jeff Koons' new retrospective," New York Post, June 26, 2014

    Tolema, Deianira and Casey Gleghorn, "Jeff Koons at Whitney: Re Del Kitsch o Artista Concettuale," ArtAPartOfCulture.net, July 6, 2014

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons, l'art gonflé!" Vanity Fair (France), (October 2014) (color ill.)

    Kate Haveles, "Jeff Koons Tranforms Luxury Handbags into New Works for Charity," Artsy, November 7, 2014

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 285

    Adam Parker, "Artist Jeff Koons, world-famous and controversial, comes to Charleston," The Post and Courier Online, November 12, 2016

    Christina Pazzanese, "Artist explains his longtime goal to create works that invite viewing," The Harvard Gazette, February 10, 2017

    "Pieraccioni e la critica alla mostra di Koons a Palazzo Strozzi: "Le spugnette da cucina non mi emozionano"," Firenze Today (Italy), October 13, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation, pp. 17, 52, 60; color ill. p. 61, cat. 1; color ill. pp. 62-63; color ill. p. 188) https://www.firenzetoday.it/social/leonardo-pieraccioni-mostra-jeff-koons-critica.html

    Harriet Lloyd-Smith, "At home with Jeff Koons," Wallpaper (London, UK), October 22, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) https://www.wallpaper.com/art/at-home-with-jeff-koons-interview 

    Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat., eds. Joachim Pissarro and Arturo Galansino (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), pp. 17, 52, 60 (color ill. p. 61, cat. 1; color ill. pp. 62-63; color ill. p. 188)

Two Double-Sided Floor Mirrors with Red Phone
1978

telephone, mirrors, and acrylic
15 3/16 x 28 13/16 x 20 3/4 inches
38.6 x 73.2 x 52.7 cm

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014

    Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 9 – September 27, 2015

  • Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 285

    Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), pp. 48, 297 (color ill. p. 48, pl. 3)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015), p. 44 (color ill.), p. 297

Telephone
1979

telephone and mirrors
10 1/2 x 12 x 19 inches 
26.7 x 30.5 x 48.3 cm

  • Miami, Rubell Family Collection, Beg Borrow and Steal, December 2, 2009 – August 27, 2010; Palm Springs, Palm Springs Art Museum, February 2 – June 2, 2013; Roanoke, Taubman Museum of Art, October 11, 2014 – January 10, 2015

  • Jeff Koons, ed. Angelika Muthesius (Köln: Taschen, 1992), p. 164

     Jeff Koons, ed. Hans Werner Holzwarth (Cologne: Taschen, 2008), p. 90 (color ill. p. 90)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), pp. 40, 290 (color ill. p. 40, pl. 3)

    Andrew Russeth, "Watch the Throne," Gallerist, June 26, 2014 http://galleristny.com/2014/06/watch-the-throne/