One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J 241 Series), 1985

glass, steel, sodium chloride reagent, distilled water, and one basketball
64 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches 
164.5 x 78.1 x 33.7 cm 
Edition of 2
© Jeff Koons
1985


One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J 241 Series)

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One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J 241 Series), 1985

glass, steel, sodium chloride reagent, distilled water, and one basketball
64 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches 
164.5 x 78.1 x 33.7 cm 
Edition of 2
© Jeff Koons
1985

One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J 241 Series), 1985

EXHIBITED: 

Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom [February 7 - June 9, 2019] (Edition 2)

Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France [November 26, 2014 - April 27, 2015]

 Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York [June 27 - October 19, 2014]

 Jeff Koons: The Sculptor. Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt, Germany [June 20 - September 23, 2012]

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection. Curated by Jeff Koons. New Museum, New York, New York [March 3 - June 6, 2010]

 Jeff Koons. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois [May 31 – September 21, 2008]

Monument to Now. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece [June 22, 2004 - March 6, 2005]

Jeff Koons. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy [June 9 - September 15, 2003]

Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration. Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece [December 15, 1999 - May 15, 2000]

Everything That's Interesting Is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection. Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece [January 20 - April 20, 1996]

Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota [July 10 - October 3, 1993]

 Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany [March 12 - April 18, 1993]

Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark [January 22 – February 28, 1993]

Jeff Koons: Retrospective. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California [December 10, 1992 - February 7, 1993]

 Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands [November 28, 1992 - January 3, 1993]

Cultural Geometry: The Dakis Joannou Collection. House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece [January 18 - April 17, 1988]

Equilibrium. International With Monument Gallery, New York, New York [1985]

LITERATURE: 

Jérémie Nassir, When Basketball Inspires (Paris: Trajectoire Studio 2019) (color ill. p. 32), (color ill. p. 33, detail)

Champion, Julie and Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov. Jeff Koons: La Retrospective: The Portfolio of the Exhibition. France: Centre Pompidou, 2014. 

Koons, Jeff and Norman Rosenthal. Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal. Hove, England: Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 98 (installation view, International at Monument, 1985).

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s. Exh. cat., China: Skira Rizzoli Publications, 2014, p. 92.

Moderna Museet. Sculpture After Sculpture: Fritsch/Koons/Ray. Exh. cat., Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2014 [Texts by Jack Bankowsky, Thomas E. Crow, Nicholas Cullinan, Made Great, conversation between Michael Fried, Isabelle Graw, Michelle Kuo, Charles Ray, Scott Rothkopf] p. 67.

Romanacce, Aurélie. “Jeff Koons: Le Roi Midas.” Arts Magazine December 2014, p. 109.

Blissett, Luther. “Sept moments-clefs dans une vie d’artiste.” Beaux Arts Magazine December 2014, p. 8-9 (installation view, International with Monument).

Nina Stoller-Lindsey, "Jeff Konns's Science Projects," The Atlantic, July 17, 2014, illustrated in color. 

Acquavella Galleries. THE POP OBJECT: THE STILL LIFE TRADITION IN POP ART. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2013, p. 205.

Bouvier, Raphaël. Jeff Koons: Der Künstler als Täufer. Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 2012, p. 247, pl. 7.

The Brant Foundation. Remembering Henry’s Show. Greenwich: The Brant Foundation., 2010, p. 79, 90, and 174, illustrated in color.

"Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection." Paper (Vol. 8) Spring/Summer 2010, p. 4, illustrated in color.

Holzwarth, Hans Werner, ed. Jeff Koons. Cologne 2008, p. 143, illustrated in color.

Crow, Thomas. “Marx to Sharks.” ARTFORUM April 2003, p. 48.

Shortcuts from the Dakis Joannou Collection. Exh. cat., Greece: DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2002, pp. 10, 14 (installation view, House of Cyprus, Athens, 1988), 21, 39 (installation view, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, 1996), 42 (detail), 44, 56-7, 60, 76.

Kunsthaus Bielefeld. Jeff Koons: Pictures 1980 - 2002. Exh. cat., 2002, p. 19, illustrated in color (installation view).

Deutsche Guggenheim. Jeff Koons: Easyfun-Ethereal. Exh. cat., Berlin, 2000, fig. 12, p. 30, illustrated in color.

Muthesius, Angelika, ed. Jeff Koons. Cologne 1992,  fig. 3, p. 55, 57 (installation view, International with Monument), illustrated in color.

Koons, Jeff. The Jeff Koons Handbook. Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London 1992, p. 55, 154.

Aarhus catalogue (no. 14), p. 29, illustrated in color.

Amsterdam & Stuttgart catalogue. p. 19, illustrated in color. 

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Denmark, Aarhus Kunstmuseum and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Jeff Koons Retrospektiv. Exh. cat., 1992.

Museen Haus Lange und Haus Esters. Weitersehem (1880-1990). Exh. cat., 1990, p. 42, (installation view).

Museum Ludwig. Europa/Amerika: Die Geschichte einer kunstlerischen Faszination seit 1940. Exh. cat., Cologne, 1986, p. 316, illustrated (installation view).