
Art Institute of Chicago
Bourgeois Bust- Jeff and Ilona
Jeff Koons · 1991
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Antony d’Offay Gallery, London, to Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Chicago, Nov. 17, 1995 [copy of invoice in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 21, 2015.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Sonnabend Gallery, Made in Heaven, Nov. 23–Dec. 21,1991, no cat. (Edition unknown).
- London, Hayward Gallery, Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art, Feb. 20–Apr. 20, 1992, no cat. no. (Edition unknown).
- Pully/Lausanne, FAE Musée d´Art Contemporain, Post Human, June 14–Sept. 13, 1992, no cat. no.; Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Oct. 2–Nov. 22, 1992; Athens, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Dec. 3, 1992–Feb. 14, 1993; Hamburg, Diechtorhallen, Mar. 12–May 9, 1993; Jerusalem, Israel Museum, June 23–Oct. 10, 1993. (Edition 1 of 3)
- Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Jeff Koons: Retrospektiv/Retrospective, Nov. 28, 1992–Jan. 3, 1993, no cat. no.; Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Jan. 22–Feb. 28, 1993, cat. 54; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Mar. 12–Apr. 18, 1993, no cat. no. (Edition 1 of 3).
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, Dec. 10, 1992–Feb. 7, 1993, pl. 63; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, July 10–Oct. 3, 1993. (Edition unknown).
- London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Sculpture, Dec. 7, 1994–Jan. 21, 1995, no cat. (Edition 3 of 3).
- Athens School of Fine Arts, Everything That's Interesting Is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection, Jan. 20–Apr. 20, 1996, no cat. no. (Edition 1 of 3).
- Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, no cat. no., Feb. 12–Apr. 30, 2000; Portland Museum of Art, July 7–Sept. 17, 2000; Paris, Musee nationale d’art modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, as Sons et lumières Nov. 19, 2000–Jan. 8, 2001; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, as Let’s Entertain: Kunst Macht Spass, Mar. 17–July 15, 2001; 2001; Miami Art Museum, Sept. 14–Nov. 18, 2001. (Edition unknown).
- Athens, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration, Works from the Dakis Joannou Colleciton, 1979–1999, Dec. 15, 1999–May 15, 2000, no cat. no. (Edition 1 of 3).
- New York, James Cohan Gallery, The Passions: From Brueghel to Viola, Dec. 1, 2001–Jan. 12, 2002, no cat. (Edition 3 of 3).
- New York, C&M Arts, Jeff Koons: Highlights of 25 Years, Apr. 7–June 5, 2004, pl. 19 (Edition AP).
- Athens, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection, June 22, 2004–Mar. 6, 2005, no cat. no. (Edition 1 of 3).
Literature
Published references
- Angelika Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons (Cologne: Taschen, 1992), 161, cat. 41 (color ill.), 169, cat. 41.
- Robert Rosenblum, The Jeff Koons Handbook (London: Thames and Hudson/Anthony d’Offay Gallery, 1992), 141 (color ill.), 161.
- Lynne Cooke, Brice Curiger, and Greg Hilty, Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art, exh. cat. (London: South Bank Centre/Parkett, 1992), 179 (color ill.), 214.
- Jeffrey Deitch, Post Human, exh. cat. (Hamburg: Deichtorhallen, 1992), 108 (color ill.).
- John Caldwell, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, with essays by Jim Leis, Daniela Salvioni, and Brian Wallis, exh. cat. (San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1992), 120, cat. 63 (color ill.), 132, no. 54.
- Annie Sprinkle, “Hard-core Heaven: Unsafe Sex with Jeff Koons,” ARTS Magazine (March 1992): 48 (color ill.).
- Wim Beeren, Jeff Koons: Retrospektiv/Retrospective, exh. cat. (Amsterdam: Stedlijk Museum, 1992), 5 (color ill.).
- Jens Erik Sørenson and Anders Kold, Jeff Koons: Retrospektiv, exh. cat. (Aarhus: Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1993), 75, cat 54 (color ill.), 114.
- David Littlejohn, “Who is Jeff Koons and Why Are People Saying Such Terrible Things About Him?,” ArtNews 62 (April 1993): 91 (color ill.).
- Jeffrey Deitch, Ricahrd Pandiscio, and Louise Neri, Everything That's Interesting Is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection, exh. cat. (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 1996), 158 (color ill).
- Katerina Gregos and Jeffrey Deitch, Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration, Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 1979–1999, exh. cat. (Nea Ionia, Greece: Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, 1999), 17 (color ill.), 46.
- Philippe Vergne, Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures, exh. cat. (Minneapolis:Walker Art Center, 2000), 244 (color ill.).
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