Jeff Koons

American·b. 1955

Jeff Koons

American

b. 1955

Jeff Koons (born 1955) is an American artist best known for his mirror-polished stainless steel sculptures of everyday objects. Born in York, Pennsylvania, he worked as a Wall Street commodities broker in the early 1980s before devoting himself to art full-time. His work celebrates and critiques consumer culture with a deadpan sincerity that divides critics.

Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) sold for $58.4 million in 2013, and his Rabbit fetched $91.1 million in 2019, a record for a living artist at the time. His large-scale public sculptures, including Puppy (a 40-foot flower-covered West Highland terrier), have become landmarks. Our collection includes 3 works at museums including The Broad in Los Angeles.

Paintings by Jeff Koons

1 painting catalogued with museum locations

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Rabbit

Jeff Koons, 1986

Private Collection, Unknown

Sculptures by Jeff Koons

2 sculptures catalogued with museum locations. Browse all sculptures

Museums with Jeff Koons's Work

2 museums display Koons's works. Click any museum to see visiting info and the specific works they hold.

Private Collection

Unknown, Unknown

1 work on display

The Broad

Los Angeles, United States

1 work on display

About Jeff Koons

Koons is known for shiny, oversized sculptures of balloon animals, vacuum cleaners, and consumer objects. His mirror-polished stainless steel Balloon Dog series and giant Puppy topiary are among the most recognizable contemporary artworks.

The Broad in Los Angeles, the Whitney Museum, and Guggenheim in New York hold major pieces. Puppy stands permanently outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Critics debate whether his work is a celebration or critique of kitsch and consumerism. He employs large teams of fabricators rather than making pieces himself, and his astronomical prices divide the art world.

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