About the Artwork
Balloon Dog (Red)
1995
Jeff Koons (Artist) American, born 1955 (Publisher) Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Porcelain with metallic finish
Overall: 4 1/4 × 10 inches (10.8 × 25.4 cm)
Ceramics
Contemporary Art after 1950
Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection
2024.234
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Markings
Printed label, in red, underside: BALLOON DOG | BY | JEFF KOONS | LIMITED EDITION . FINE PORCELAIN | PLATE NUMBER | 1386/2300 [handwritten] ’95 | THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | LOS ANGELES
Provenance
after 1995, sold by (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA)by 2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024
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Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Red), 1995, porcelain with metallic finish. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.234.
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