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Gazing Ball (Ariadne)
Details
JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Gazing Ball (Ariadne)
plaster and glass
44 3⁄8 x 93 7⁄8 x 36 5/8in. (112.6 x 238.4 x 93cm.)
Executed in 2013, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist's proof
Gazing Ball (Ariadne)
plaster and glass
44 3⁄8 x 93 7⁄8 x 36 5/8in. (112.6 x 238.4 x 93cm.)
Executed in 2013, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist's proof
Provenance
David Zwirner, New York.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2013.
Acquired from the above by The Peter Simon Collection in 2013.
Literature
C. Swanson, ‘The Age of Jeff Koons’, in New York Magazine, 13 May 2013 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 29).
A. Russeth, ‘‘Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculpture' at Gagosian Gallery and 'Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball' at David Zwirner’, in Gallerist, 14 May 2013, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
B. Davis, ‘Reflecting on Jeff Koons's Hollow Triumph in Chelsea’, in Bloomberg, 17 May 2013, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
R. Smith, ‘Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big’, in The New York Times, 17 May 2013 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. C21).
A. M. Gingeras, ‘Instant Classic’, in Artforum 52, no. 1, September 2013 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 146).
R. Campbell-Johnston, 'Divide and Rule', in Harper's Bazaar Korea, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 87).
R. Campbell-Johnston, 'Pop Eye Wars', in Harper's Bazaar Korea, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 88-89).
T. Omori, 'Post Pop', in BT, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
J. Koons, ‘Jeff Koons: Man of the Hour’, in W Magazine, June 2014, digital (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour in the background).
V. Binet, ‘King Koons’, in Vogue Paris, no. 948, June-July 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 213).
M. Fujimori, ‘Jeff Koons’, in Bijutsu techo 66, no. 1012, October 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 14-15).
J. Lavrador, ‘Jeff Koons: génie ou imposteur?’, in Beaux Arts editions, no. 365, November 2014, p. 138.
V. Prat, ‘Jeff Koons avec ses millions, il achète de Manet’, in Le Figaro Magazine, no. 21869, 29 November 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 52).
A. Romanacce, ‘Jeff Koons: Le Roi de Paris’, in Arts Magazine, no. 93, December 2014 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
L. Blissett, 'Les obsessions majeures de Koons', in Beaux Arts editions, December 2014, pp. 34-35.
M. Boutoulle, ‘Jeff Koons, a star in Paris’, in Connaissance des Arts, December 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72).
S. Liu, ‘Art that Goes Pop’, in Kempinski China, Winter 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 28-29).
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2014, pp. 18, 218, 291 and 295, no. 131 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 206).
J. Koons and N. Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, London 2014, pp. 69 and 292 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 71).
M. Amy, ‘A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing', in Sculpture 34, no. 2, March 2015 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 55).
E. Himelfarb, 'Ubiquitous inflatables: Jeff Koons reveals a new retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao', in Wallpaper, 12 June 2015, digital (illustrated in colour).
A. Sokoloff, ‘Jeff Koons: Artista’, in ars Magazine, no. 27, July-September 2015, p. 40 (illustrated in colour, p. 41).
R. Kelsey, 'Photography, Lacan, and the Genius of Jeff Koons', in Texte Zur Kunst, September 2015 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 71).
N. Ramage, ‘Ariadne and Cleopatra: Identities Transformed’, in New York: Ars Ceramica, September 2016, p. 29.
R. Corbett, ‘Jeff Koons and Eric Kandel Talk Art and Empathy’, in Blouin Artinfo, October 2016.
M. Healy, Louis Vuitton Masters, Paris 2017, p. 78 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 34-35).
I. Girard, 'Jeff Koons Le Passeur D'Art', in Madame Figaro, 15 April 2017 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 90).
A. Baek, 'Jeff Koons', in Artnow, no. 20, Winter 2017 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 126-127).
David Zwirner: 25 Years, exh. cat., New York, David Zwirner, 2018 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 172).
V. Di Liscia, ‘The Art World Has Discovered the Dolly Parton Meme Challenge’, in Hyperallergic, 24 January 2020, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
M. Veysi, ‘Alois Riegl, il pioniere della storia dell’arte’, in Artribune, 9 November 2020, digital (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
Jeff Koons: Shine, exh. cat., Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, 2021-2022 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 181).
Reflections. Picasso/Koons at the Alhambra, exh. cat., Malaga, Museo Picasso Málaga, 2024-2025 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 24).
A. Russeth, ‘‘Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculpture' at Gagosian Gallery and 'Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball' at David Zwirner’, in Gallerist, 14 May 2013, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
B. Davis, ‘Reflecting on Jeff Koons's Hollow Triumph in Chelsea’, in Bloomberg, 17 May 2013, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
R. Smith, ‘Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big’, in The New York Times, 17 May 2013 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. C21).
A. M. Gingeras, ‘Instant Classic’, in Artforum 52, no. 1, September 2013 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 146).
R. Campbell-Johnston, 'Divide and Rule', in Harper's Bazaar Korea, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 87).
R. Campbell-Johnston, 'Pop Eye Wars', in Harper's Bazaar Korea, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 88-89).
T. Omori, 'Post Pop', in BT, April 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 54).
J. Koons, ‘Jeff Koons: Man of the Hour’, in W Magazine, June 2014, digital (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour in the background).
V. Binet, ‘King Koons’, in Vogue Paris, no. 948, June-July 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 213).
M. Fujimori, ‘Jeff Koons’, in Bijutsu techo 66, no. 1012, October 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 14-15).
J. Lavrador, ‘Jeff Koons: génie ou imposteur?’, in Beaux Arts editions, no. 365, November 2014, p. 138.
V. Prat, ‘Jeff Koons avec ses millions, il achète de Manet’, in Le Figaro Magazine, no. 21869, 29 November 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 52).
A. Romanacce, ‘Jeff Koons: Le Roi de Paris’, in Arts Magazine, no. 93, December 2014 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
L. Blissett, 'Les obsessions majeures de Koons', in Beaux Arts editions, December 2014, pp. 34-35.
M. Boutoulle, ‘Jeff Koons, a star in Paris’, in Connaissance des Arts, December 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72).
S. Liu, ‘Art that Goes Pop’, in Kempinski China, Winter 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 28-29).
Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 2014, pp. 18, 218, 291 and 295, no. 131 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 206).
J. Koons and N. Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, London 2014, pp. 69 and 292 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 71).
M. Amy, ‘A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing', in Sculpture 34, no. 2, March 2015 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 55).
E. Himelfarb, 'Ubiquitous inflatables: Jeff Koons reveals a new retrospective at the Guggenheim Bilbao', in Wallpaper, 12 June 2015, digital (illustrated in colour).
A. Sokoloff, ‘Jeff Koons: Artista’, in ars Magazine, no. 27, July-September 2015, p. 40 (illustrated in colour, p. 41).
R. Kelsey, 'Photography, Lacan, and the Genius of Jeff Koons', in Texte Zur Kunst, September 2015 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 71).
N. Ramage, ‘Ariadne and Cleopatra: Identities Transformed’, in New York: Ars Ceramica, September 2016, p. 29.
R. Corbett, ‘Jeff Koons and Eric Kandel Talk Art and Empathy’, in Blouin Artinfo, October 2016.
M. Healy, Louis Vuitton Masters, Paris 2017, p. 78 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 34-35).
I. Girard, 'Jeff Koons Le Passeur D'Art', in Madame Figaro, 15 April 2017 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 90).
A. Baek, 'Jeff Koons', in Artnow, no. 20, Winter 2017 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 126-127).
David Zwirner: 25 Years, exh. cat., New York, David Zwirner, 2018 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 172).
V. Di Liscia, ‘The Art World Has Discovered the Dolly Parton Meme Challenge’, in Hyperallergic, 24 January 2020, digital (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour).
M. Veysi, ‘Alois Riegl, il pioniere della storia dell’arte’, in Artribune, 9 November 2020, digital (another from the edition illustrated in colour).
Jeff Koons: Shine, exh. cat., Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, 2021-2022 (installation view of another from the edition at David Zwirner in 2013 illustrated in colour, p. 181).
Reflections. Picasso/Koons at the Alhambra, exh. cat., Malaga, Museo Picasso Málaga, 2024-2025 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 24).
Exhibited
New York, David Zwirner, Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball, 2013, p. 77, no. XVII (another from the edition exhibited, installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 67 and 74; illustrated in colour, pp. 72-73).
Providence, Brown University, David Winton Bell Gallery, SHE: Picturing Women at the Turn of the 21st Century, 2014, pp. 3, 8-10, 26 and 40 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 27; dated ‘2012-2013’).
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, 2014-2015, pp. 24, 302 and 304, no. 131 (illustrated in colour, p. 214).
Bilbao, Guggenheim Bilbao, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, 2015, p. 301, no. 132 (illustrated in colour, p. 218).
Providence, Brown University, David Winton Bell Gallery, SHE: Picturing Women at the Turn of the 21st Century, 2014, pp. 3, 8-10, 26 and 40 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 27; dated ‘2012-2013’).
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, 2014-2015, pp. 24, 302 and 304, no. 131 (illustrated in colour, p. 214).
Bilbao, Guggenheim Bilbao, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, 2015, p. 301, no. 132 (illustrated in colour, p. 218).
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