Jeff Koons (B. 1955), Vase of Flowers

Jeff Koons (B. 1955)
Vase of Flowers
inscribed, numbered and dated 'A.P. 88' Fratelli Barbini inc Murano Venice Italy' (on the reverse)
mirror
72 1/2 x 53 x 1 in. (184.2 x 134.6 x 2.5 cm.)
Executed in 1988. This work is the artist's proof from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.

Provenance
Jeffrey Deitch, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Pre-Lot Text
Property from the Collection of Melva Bucksbaum

Literature
Metropolis, exh. cat., Berlin, International Art Exhibition, 1991, p. 176 (another example illustrated in color).
J. Koons and R. Rosenblum, The Jeff Koons Handbook, London, 1992, p. 160.
A. Muthesius, Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, pp. 110 and 168, no. 13 (another example illustrated in color).
Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, 2003, p. 68 (another example illustrated in color).
H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2007, pp. 266, 289 and 600 (another example illustrated in color).
H. W. Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2009, pp. 264, 285 and 586 (another example illustrated in color and installation view of another example illustrated in color).
R. Bouvier, Jeff Koons – Der Künstler als Täufer, Munich, 2012, p. 261, pl. 35 (another example illustrated).
Jeff Koons: La Retrospective, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2014, pp. 120 and 299, pl. 66 (illustrated in color).
Post Pop: East meets West, exh. cat., London, Saatchi Gallery, 2014, p. 151.
Remember Everything: 40 Years Galerie Max Hetzler, exh. cat., Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, 2014.

Exhibited
New York, Sonnabend Gallery; Chicago, Donald Young Gallery, Banality, November 1988-January 1989 (another example exhibited).
Chicago, Donald Young Gallery, Banality, December 1988-January 1989 (another example exhibited).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons/Andy Warhol: Flowers, November-December 2002, p. 4, 10-11 and 28 (another example illustrated in color).
New York, C & M Arts, Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, April-June 2004, n.p., pl. 17 (another example exhibited and illustrated in color).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, The Flower as Image, September 2004-January 2005 (another example exhibited).
Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Flower Myth: Vincent van Gogh to Jeff Koons, February-May 2005, pp. 48, 162-163 and 195, no. 82 (another example illustrated in color)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June-October 2014, pp. 112 and 287, pl. 66 (illustrated in color).
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Pop to Popism, November 2014-March 2015, p. 263 (another example exhibited).