Jeff Koons Handbook (signed)

Jeff Koons

ISBN 10: 0847816966 / ISBN 13: 9780847816965

Published by Rizzoli, 1992

About this Item

Rizzoli, New York, 1992. Softcover. First edition. Book condition: near fine. Signed. Jeff Koons first monograph, published by Anthony d'Offay Gallery and simultaneously by Rizzoli in 1992. This is the Rizzoli edition. Trade paperback size with red pictorial self wrappers. 172 pages with numerous color illustrations interspersed with text by Koons describing his artistic mission. The fragile red cardboard dust jacket has significant rubbing and wear to its edges. Inside the binding is tight, text and illustrations are clean and bright with no yellowing or fading, no bent pages. An outstanding copy of this rare, fragile book published before Koons was famous. This copy was signed and dated by Jeff Koons on 12/1/14 at the New School, New York, following a lecture. Rare signed copy. This book is available for sale only to customers in the United States. No orders outside the United States.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jeff Koons Handbook (signed)
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847816966
• ISBN 13: 9780847816965
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Reviews

Billed as the "the first monograph and primary sourcebook" on Jeff Koons, this volume is an entirely entertaining read. Love him or hate him, Koons is a fascinating phenomenon, from his early days as a Wall Street commodities broker to his recent--and very public--collaboration with Italian porn star Ilona Staller, or "La Cicciolina." Koons's art-world ascent is chronicled with insight and appreciation in Rosenblum's introduction, and the book shows readers a survey of Koons's oeuvre. Of particular note are his Duchampian consumer objects, such as tea kettles and vacuum cleaners; his banal kitsch items like the Venetian-glass erotica, the stainless-steel trolls and the "sculpture icons of veneration such as superstars Michael Jackson, Bob Hope, and the artist himself"; and his art magazine ads advertising himself and his galleries. Most eye-catching, however, are the oil-ink silk screens of Koons and Staller making love in a variety of positions and settings. The artist's aphorisms ("Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class") are by turns funny, insightful, overblown and bland--just like Koons himself.
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