JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog, 2014 [leather bag, signed]

JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog, 2014
18 x 25,5 x 7,5 cm/ 7 x 10 x 3 inches
transfer print on leather handbag, limited edition protection pocket, original tags
signed, dated
published by H&M, New York/Los Angeles/Chicago and Dallas, USA
condition: gold felt pen ink has discoloured on all leather bags due to oxidation; nevertheless the dark signature is easy to detect.
€ 320,- plus € 32,- Track & Trace registred mail

This limited edition Balloon-Dog-on-leather-bag was only carried in select stores across the United States and not in Europe or Asia, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The 15th of July 2014 was the opening day of H&M’s newest Fifth Avenue flagship store in Manhattan, New York. The regular edition was put online at the company’s site hm.com two days later on July 17th, 2014 and was sold out in minutes.

At the opening most probably a few hundred handbags have been signed and dated by Koons. Nikki Lohr, reporter of The Observer/Gallerist wrote on her blog: “Mr. Biesenbach was also on board: “I love Jeff Koons working with Lady Gaga and working with H&M,” said Mr. Biesenbach. “In a certain way, it is what his work deals with naturally. It makes complete sense.” Always a man of the people, Mr. Koons signed almost every purse and scrap of paper pushed at him throughout the night. A woman in a black silky baseball cap and short black pigtails held out a Sharpie and her white iPhone to Mr. Koons. “Will you sign it?” she squealed. He traced a ‘J’ before he looked up at the woman and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, it’s just not working.”

 

 

Original status in 2014 when the handbag was provided with a signature:
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JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog, 2014 [leather bag]

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JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog, 2014
18 x 25,5 x 7,5 cm/ 7 x 10 x 3 inches
transfer print on leather bag
limited edition
published by H&M, New York/Los Angeles/Chicago and Dallas, USA
€ 200,- plus € 32,- track & Trace registered mail

Jeff Koons is a Neo-Pop artist who turns ‘the child in us’ (reminiscent of ideas in the Cobra movement) into art and art business, willingly absorbed by the art world. And beyond…

The limited edition Balloon-Dog-on-leather-bag was carried in select stores across the United States, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The 15th of July 2014 was the opening day of H&M’s newest Fifth Avenue flagship store in Manhattan, New York. This edition was put online at the company’s site hm.com two days later on July 17th, 2014. The Jeff Koons item was sold out in minutes.

At the opening several bags have been signed and dated by Koons.

DAMIEN HIRST, Fridge Magnets, n.d. [2012]

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DAMIEN HIRST, Fridge Magnets, n.d. [2012]
21,4 x 17,2 cm
15 kiss cut parts in various sizes, stiff rope envelope, high gloss print on magnets
edition unknown
published by Damien Hirst & Science Ltd on the occasion of his exhibition at Tate Modern in 2012
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History of prices:
eBay-japan-culture-market01, Japan September 2023 US$ 300.-
eBay-thearteryfineart, Boston MA, USA August 2023 US$ 95.-

JEFF KOONS, plate edition, 2012

JEFF KOONS, plate edition, 2012
diameter 26,7 cm / 10.5 inches
estimated edition 2500
signed in print
produced by Art Production Fund / Works On Whatever, New York, USA  
out of stock

Art Production Fund invites artists to experiment with commercial materials and techniques to bring art off the walls and into homes as everyday objects. Works On Whatever introduces contemporary art to a larger community, with revenues from sales supporting our non-profit mission. WOW functions conceptually with APF’s program of expanding art audiences and helps fund additional major public art initiatives. For each plate purchased, APF will make a donation to the Koons Family Institute, a resource of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.

 

JEFF KOONS, Split Rocker, 2012 [plate]

JEFF KOONS, Split Rocker, 2012
diameter 31 cm
screen print on ceramics
signed and numbered in the print
edition 2500
published by Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland
out of stock

‘Split Rocker’ is a colossal floral sculpture by Jeff Koons, comprising thousands and thousands of real plants, and was on view in the Fondation Beyeler park in 2012. The flower sculpture was first installed in 2000, in the cloister of the Palais des Papes in Avignon, then again a few years later in the gardens of Versailles in 2008.

JEFF KOONS, Monkey Train, 2008 [beach towel]

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JEFF KOONS, Monkey Train, 2008
178 x 152 cm / 70 x 60 inches
beach towel, original packaging, tag
edition 2000
published by Works On Whatever, New York, USA
mint condition
p.o.r

History of price:
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, Florida, USA US$ 800.- January 2022 (make offer)
eBay-smerjipo, New York, USA US$ 395.- January 2022 (make offer)
eBay-thearteryfineart, Miami, Florida, USA US$ 700.- March 2021 (make offer)