Balloon Swan (Blue)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)
2004-2011


Balloon Swan

Details

Balloon Swan (Blue)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)
2004-2011

Balloon Swan (Magenta)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)
2004-2011

Balloon Swan (Red)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)
2004-2011

Balloon Swan (Violet)

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm
© Jeff Koons
5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)
2004-2011

EXHIBITED: 

Museo Jumex, Mexico City [May 16 - August 17, 2016] (Yellow)

An American in Paris - Works from a Private Collection. Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France [January 28-May 3, 2014] (Red)

Jeff Koons, New Paintings and Sculpture. Gagosian Gallery, New York, New York [May 9 - June 29, 2013] (Blue)

Jeff Koons. Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland [May 13 - September 2, 2012] (Magenta)

LITERATURE: 

Amy, Michaël. "A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing Clothes." Sculpture March 2015, pp. 5, 58, illustrated in color (Blue).

Rothkopf, Scott. Jeff Koons: A Retrospectiva. Exh cat., Spain: Fundaciôn Guggenheim Bilbao, 2015 [Texts by Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, and Alexander Nagel], p. 159, illustrated in color (Blue).

Cesbron, Mathilde. "Jeff Koons de retour chez Christie's avec une oeuvre estimée à 30 millions de dollars." RTL 3 October 2014, illustrated in color (Blue).

Colonna-Césari, Annick. "Un Américain à Paris: une expo gros calibre." L'Express 13 March 2014, illustrated in color (Red).

Fujimori, Manami. "Story on Koons 2 - Rebecca Sternthal." Art Techo October 2014, p. 78, illustrated in color (Blue).

Gagosian Gallery. Jeff Koons: New Paintings & Sculpture. Exh. cat., Uckfield, England: Gagosian, 2014, inside front cover, pp. 76-77, 86-87, 89, 90, 96 (Blue).

Kazakina, Katya. "Oversized $30 Million Koons Monkey Heads to Christie's." Bloomberg 2 October 2014.

Kim, Jae-Sul. "A Magician of Creation and Destruction." Art August 2014, illustrated in color (Blue).

Koons, Jeff and Norman Rosenthal. Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal. China: Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 29 (Magenta), p. 53 (Blue) [English Edition]

Koons, Jeff and Norman Rosenthal. Jeff Koons: Entretiens avec Norman Rosenthal. Hove, England: Thames & Hudson, 2014, p. 29 (Magenta), p. 53 (Blue) [French Edition]

Rothkopf, Scott (supervised by Bernard Blistène). Jeff Koons: La Retrospective. France: Centre Pompidou, 2014. p. 157 (Blue, not exhibited)

Rothkopf, Scott. Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. Exh cat., New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2014 [Texts by Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, and Alexander Nagel], pp. 149, 245, 248, illustrated in color (Blue).

Sischy, Ingrid. "Jeff Koons Is Back!" Vanity Fair July 2014.

Siti, Walter. Il dio Impossible. Milan: Rizzolli, 2014, front cover (Magenta).

"Sotheby's eyeing $25 million for Jeff Koons' 'Popeye'." Examiner 14 April 2014. 

Behringer, David. "A Closer Look At Jeff Koons." Design Milk 18 June 2013, illustrated in color (Blue).

Farmer, Brian. "Jeff Koons 'New Painting And Sculpture' Exhibit at Gagosian Gallery." High Snobiety 21 June 2013, illustrated in color (Blue).

Halle, Howard. "Time Out says." Time Out New York 7 June 2013, illustrated in color (Blue).

Kaufman, Jason Edward. "King of Kitsch." Black Card Mag Fall 2013, p. 242 illustrated in color (Blue).

Saltz, Jerry. "Jerry Saltz on Jeff Koons's Concurrent Shows." New York Magazine 26 May 2013.

Smith, Roberta. "Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big." The New York Times 16 May 2013.

Yau, John. "Why Jeff Koons Made Michael Jackson White." Hyperallergic 9 June 2013.

Zafar, Aylin. "Every Cultural Reference You Probably Didn't Catch In Lady Gaga's New Video." Buzz Feed 23 August 2013, illustrated in color (Blue).

Rabinovitch, Simona. "Jeff Koons Debuts New Work at Gagosian Gallery." Gotham Magazine 15 May 2013.

Waxman, Olivia. "An Orange Balloon Dog Sold for $58.4M So Here Are 10 Other Jeff Koons Balloon Pieces." Time 14 November 2013, illustrated in color (Blue).

Zwick, Tracy. "Double-Barrel Frieze-Week Jeff Koons at Gagosian and Zwirner." Art in America 10 May 2013.

Filippetti, Jenny. "Jeff Koons at The Beyeler Foundation." Design Boom 17 June 2012, illustrated in color (Magenta).

Dagen, Philippe. "Un Jeff Koons en cache toujours un autre." Le Monde 14 May 2012.

Dupraz, Paula. "Jeff Koons challenges Beyeler visitors on definition of art." Geneva Lunch 14 May 2012, illustrated in color (Magenta).

Gopnik, Blake. "How Jeff Koons Keeps It Real." The Daily Beast 21 June 2012.

"Jeff Koons at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel." Mousse Magazine 26 June 2012, illustrated in color (Magenta).

"Jeff Koons's New Sculptures: Sexy Contemporary Antiques." The Economist 7 July 2012 (Magenta). 

Marsova, L. "AO On Site - Basel - Artist Talk With Jeff Koons At Fondation Beyeler, Thursday, June 14, 2012." Art Observed 14 June 2012, illustrated in color (Magenta).

Meris, Fabrizio. "Jeff Koons: intervista al più grande artista vivente." Grazia 21 June 2012, illustrated in color (Magenta).

Danto, Arthur and Dorothea von Hantelmann. Serpentine Gallery, Jeff Koons: Popeye Series. London, 2009 [Interview between Jeff Koons, Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist], p. 73.

Colman, David. "Jeff Koons." Interview Magazine 26 November 2008.