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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2021 | Aqualung | 3 | Sotheby's | New York | |||
| May 12, 2014 | Aqualung | Christie's | New York | ||||
| May 13, 2002 | Aqualung | 2 | Phillips | New York | |||
sculpture
68.6 x 44.5 x 44.5 cm (27 x 17.5 x 17.5 in)
bronze
International With Monument Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1986
Peter Carlsen, "Jeff Koons: On the Occasion of His First Museum Retrospective, A Look at One of the Most Captivating Artist of the 1980s," Contemporanea International Art Magazine , Vol. 1, No. 3, September - October 1988, p. 38, illustrated
Jean-Christophe Ammann, "Jeff Koons: A Case Study," Parkett , No. 19, March 1989, p. 57, illustrated,
Angelika Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons , Cologne 1992, pp. 19, 57, and 65, installation views, p. 20 (text), and pp. 66-67, illustrated in color
Robert Rosenblum, et. al., The Jeff Koons Handbook , London 1992, p. 59, illustrated in color
Albig Jorg-Uwe, "Jeff Koons, ein Prophet der inneren Leere," Art , December 1992, p. 54, illustrated
David Bowie, "Super-Banalism and the Innocent Salesman," Modern Painters , Spring 1998, p. 28, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, Jeff Koons: Easyfun-Ethereal , October 2000 - January 2001, p. 31, fig. 13, illustrated in color
Thomas Kellein, Jeff Koons: Pictures 1980-2002 , New York 2003, p. 19
Kelly Devine Thomas, "The Selling of Jeff Koons," Art News 5, May 2005, p. 116, installation view (the present example exhibited)
Francesco Bonami, ed., Jeff Koons , Verona 2006, p. 33, illustrated in color
Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Jeff Koons (Supercontemporanea Series) , Milan 2006, pp. 32-33, illustrated in color
Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons , Cologne 2007, pp. 148, 155, and 562-63, installation views, and pp. 166-67, illustrated in color
Stephanie Seymour, "Jeff Koons: Art Made in Heaven," Whitewall , Fall 2007, p. 140, illustrated
Elena Molinaro and Gianni Romano, Jeff Koons. Retrospettivamente , Milan 2007, p. 8, illustrated
Marie-Pierre Nakamura, "USA: Jeff Koons," Art Actuel 57, July - August 2008, p. 70, illustrated in color
Helianthe Bourdeaux-Martin, "Profile - Dominique Levy," Whitewall , Winter 2008, p. 42, illustrated in installation
Exh. Cat., London, Serpentine Gallery, Jeff Koons: Popeye Series , July - September 2009, p. 73, illustrated in color
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jeff Koons: The Conversation Series , Germany 2009, p. 78, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons , May - September 2012, p. 17, fig. 4, illustrated in color
Norman Rosenthal, ed., Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal , New York 2014, p. 26, illustrated in color, and p. 98, installation view
Luther Blisset, "Sept moments-clef dans une vie d'artiste," Beaux Arts Magazine , December 2014, pp. 8-9, illustrated in installation (the present example exhibited)
Hans Werner Holzwarth, Koons, Cologne 2015, p. 28 (text)
Jeff Koons
b.1955
Aqualung
bronze
27 by 17 ½ by 17 ½ in. 68.6 by 44.5 by 44.5 cm.
Executed in 1985, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.
