Dolphin

polychromed aluminum, stainless steel, and coated steel chain
63 x 72 1/2 x 38 inches, plus chain at variable length
160 x 184.2 x 96.5 cm, plus chain at variable length
© Jeff Koons
Edition of 3 plus AP
2002


Dolphin

Details

Dolphin

polychromed aluminum, stainless steel, and coated steel chain
63 x 72 1/2 x 38 inches, plus chain at variable length
160 x 184.2 x 96.5 cm, plus chain at variable length
© Jeff Koons
Edition of 3 plus AP
2002

EXHIBITED: 

In the Name of the Artists: Contemporary American Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection. Bienal Pavillon, São Paulo, Brazil [September 30 - December 4, 2011] (Edition 2)

In Praise of Doubt. Punta della Dogana, Venice, Itay [April 9, 2011 - December 31, 2012]

Sexuality and Transcendence. Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine [April 24 - September 19, 2010] (Edition 3)

Jeff Koons: Popeye Series. The Serpentine Gallery, London, England [July 2 - September 13, 2009] (Edition 2)

Un Certain Etat du Monde? [A Certain State of the World?] A Selection of Works from the Francois Pinault Foundation. Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia [March 19 - June 14, 2009] (Edition 1)

Jeff Koons. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [May 31 - September 21, 2008] (Edition 3)

Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain [October 10, 2007 - April 27, 2008]

Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland [January 28 – April 10, 2005] (Edition 2)

Jeff Koons: Retrospective. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway [September 4 – December 12, 2004] (Edition 2)

Jeff Koons, Sonnabend Gallery, New York [November 9 - December 20, 2002]

LITERATURE: 

Mark Westall, "New Jeff Koons exhibition 'Shine' to open in the autumn," FAD Magazine (UK), July 14, 2021, online (color ill.).

Chrystel Chabert, "À Marseille, Jeff Koons dévoile quelques secrets de son art et de l'expo événement au Mucem," France TV Info (France), June 30, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Laurent Lecat).

Emmanuelle Jardonnet, "Jeff Koons au MuCEM fait dialoguer objets du désir et objets du quotidien," Le Monde (France), June 24, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Laurent Lecat),

"Exposition : Jeff Koons, Œuvres de la Collection Pinault, jusqu'au 18 octobre au Mucem à Marseille," France Info (France), June 11, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Laurent Lecat).

Nena Hawke, "Europe Reopening: ‘Jeff Koons: Works From the Pinault Collection’ at Marseille’s Mucem Museum," BlackBook, June 9, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation).

Lucas Bonnet, "Jeff Koons à Marseille: Néo Pop & Méditerranée," TTT Magazine (France), June 8, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Laurent Lecat).

Camille Buonanno, "Jeff Koons s’invite au Mucem pour une exposition inédite," AD Magazine (France), May 21, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Laurent Lecat).

"Von Koons bis Picasso und Rodin Frankreichs Museen öffnen wieder," Monopol Magazin (Germany), May 18, 2021, online (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Sabine Glaubitz).

Donnia Ghezlane-Lala, "L’art kitsch et néo-pop de Jeff Koons est exposé à Marseille," Konbini (France), May 17, 2021, online (color ill.).

"Interrogations sur Jeff Koons au Mucem, Œuvres de la Collection Pinault à Marseille," En Revenant de l'Expo! (France), May 10, 2021, online (color ill.).

Suzanne Philippe, "Jeff Koons dialogue avec les objets du Mucem," Arts Magazine (France), May 7, 2021, (color ill.).

Beaux Arts - Jeff Koons Mucem, Oeuvres de la Collection Pinault. May 2021, (color ill. p. 31).

Olga Bibiloni, "Quand Jeff Koons badine avec le fonds du Mucem," La Provence (France), May 2021, (color ill.).

Tamara Nassif, "De Ai Weiwei a OsGemeos, 5 artistas plásticos para seguir no Instagram," Veja (Brazil), February 11, 2021, online (color ill.).

Jeff Koons: Muceum. Works from the Pinault Collection (Paris:  Éditions Dilecta, 2021), p. 74, p. 118 (color ill. p. 119), p. 171, (color ill. p. 236).

Jeff Koons: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, ed. Gunnar B. Kvaran, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2018), p. 8, p. 16, p. 45 (color ill. p. 45).

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. 192 (color ill. p. 192, fig. 1, Serpentine Gallery installation).

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. 180 (color ill. p. 180, fig. 1, Serpentine Gallery installation).

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. 188 (color ill. p. 188, fig. 1, Serpentine Gallery installation).

Sarah Thornton, 33 Artists in 3 Acts (London: Granta, 2014), p. 4.

Belinda Luscombe, "10 Questions," TIME Magazine, November 29, 2012), online (color ill., Serpentine Gallery installation).

Gunnar B. Kvaran, In the Name Of The Artists, San Paulo Bienal (Nome Dos Artistas), exh. cat. (Sao Paulo: Fundaco Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2011), (ill. p. 19), (color ill. p. 58).

In Praise of Doubt. exh. cat. (Venice: Palazzo Grassi and Mondadori Electa, 2011), paperback and hardcover, (color ill. p. 244).

Elisabeth Couturier, "Jeff Koons: Son kitsch vaut des millions!" Paris Match (Paris), June 2010, (color ill. p. 3), (color ill. p. 4, Photo by Thomas Hoepker), (color ill. p. 5, work at studio).

Alexander Bartl, "Thema des monats: alter," (Text in German) Elle (Germany), April 2010, (color ill. p. 136, Serpentine Gallery installation).

John Gray and Caroline Bourgeois, Un Certain Etat du Monde? A Selection of Works from the Francois Pinault Foundation (Milan: Skira Editore, 2009), (color ill. pp. 64-65), p. 145).

Julia Peyton Jones and Hans Ulrich Obtrist (foreword and conversation), Frederic Tuten, Arthur C. Danto, and Dorothea von Hantelmann, Jeff Koons: Popeye Series, eds. Kathryn Rattee and Melissa Larner, exh. cat. (London: Serpentine Gallery and Koenig Books, 2009), (color ill. p. 17), p. 52, p. 77.

Jeff Koons, ed. Francesco Bonami, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008), p. 99 (color ill. pp. 98-99, detail), p. 102 (color ill. p. 102), p. 115, (color ill. back cover, detail).

Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Jeff Koons: Supercontemporanea Series, ed. Francesco Bonami, exh. cat. (Verona: Monsadori Printing, 2006).

Giancarlo Politi, "Jeff Koons: An interview by the Readers fo Flash Art", Flash Art (Milan) 38 (January/February 2005), (color ill. p. 91).

Rosa Martinez, Çekim Merkezi / Centre of Gravity, exh. cat. (Istanbul: Istanbul Museum of Art, 2005), (color ill. p. 187).

Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, ed. by Marit Woltmann, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004), p. 80, p. 112 (color ill. p. 112), p. 113 (color ill. p. 113, detail), p. 144 (color ill. p. 144, detail), p. 148.

Joe La Placa, "Jeff Koons: The Candyman Can", ArtReview April 2003, (color ill. p. 53).

Jan Avgikos, "Jeff Koons, Sonnabend Gallery," Review. Artforum (February 2003), p. 137.

Eduardo Cicelyn, Mario Codognato, and Elena Guena, Jeff Koons: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli, exh. cat. (Naples: Electa Napoli, 2003), p. 130 (color ill. p. 131).