Jeff Koons’ multiples occupy a singular position in the contemporary art market: instantly recognizable, meticulously produced, and relentlessly public. Born from a practice that embraces industrial fabrication and seriality without apology, these works were never conceived as secondary objects. On the contrary, Koons’ editions are central to his artistic and economic ecosystem.

From the polished optimism of Balloon Dog to the playful fragility of Inflatable Flower, from the graphic clarity of his Flower Drawings to the monumental charm of Seated Ballerina, these works translate Koons’ sculptural language into formats that circulate widely while retaining conceptual coherence. They are not reduced versions of larger ideas, but precise extensions of them.

This article highlights recent auction results for key Koons multiples, placing each work within its market trajectory and broader artistic context.

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Few artists have navigated the boundary between singularity and reproducibility with as much precision—and provocation—as Jeff Koons. While his monumental sculptures dominate institutional and market narratives, his multiples occupy a critical, often underestimated position within his practice.

Koons’ editions are not secondary objects. They are, rather, extensions of a conceptual system rooted in the collapse of hierarchies between high and low culture, uniqueness and replication, luxury and mass production. From porcelain figurines to mirror-polished inflatables translated into smaller formats, each multiple operates within the same philosophical framework as his large-scale works: the affirmation of desire, the elevation of the banal, and the seductive power of surface.

Technically, these works often rely on industrial processes—high-precision fabrication, immaculate finishing, and materials such as stainless steel, porcelain, or glass—executed to a level that deliberately erases the trace of the artist’s hand. This delegation of production, frequently criticized, is in fact central to Koons’ position: the artist as orchestrator rather than maker, closer to a CEO than a traditional sculptor.

The release context of Koons’ multiples is equally significant. Many were produced in collaboration with major publishers or institutions, often in controlled editions that balance accessibility with exclusivity. This strategy mirrors his broader market approach: expanding audience reach while maintaining strong value perception through scarcity, branding, and impeccable execution.

In terms of meaning, Koons’ multiples continue his lifelong exploration of innocence, consumerism, and self-acceptance. Objects referencing childhood—balloons, toys, kitsch ornaments—are stripped of irony and presented with almost devotional clarity. The viewer is not asked to critique desire, but to embrace it without guilt.

Their impact and legacy are substantial. Koons redefined what an edition could be: not merely a reproduction, but a fully autonomous artwork embedded in a larger conceptual and economic system. His multiples have become key entry points for collectors into his market, often performing strongly at auction and maintaining high liquidity relative to unique works.

Ultimately, Koons’ multiples are less about scale than about ideology. Whether monumental or intimate, each object reflects the same ambition: to create a world in which art, commerce, and desire are not in conflict, but in perfect, polished alignment.

 

 

 

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Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021

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Balloon Dog (Blue) is one of the artist’s most captivating and recognizable works. Crafted from mirror-polished porcelain, the sculpture resembles a flawlessly inflated balloon animal, with its rounded snout, ears, paws, and tail. The vibrant chrome blue finish enhances its pristine appearance. The dog’s poised and balanced stance further reinforces this dreamlike sense of perfection and idealized form.

Balloon Dog (Blue)

Medium: Porcelain sculpture painted in chrome
Year: 2021
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches (40 x 47.9 x 15.4 cm)
Edition: 799
Artist’s Proofs: 50 AP
Publisher: Bernardaud, Limoges

Printed signature, title, date and numbering on the underside
Contained in a Styrofoam-lined presentation box with silver printed signature

 

“It’s relating to being a human being. We take a breath – it’s optimistic.
The Balloon Dog is eternally optimistic.”

Perfectly in line with Koons’ sculpture and the principles behind it, Balloon Dog (Blue) aims to fulfil people’s desires by providing a sense of safety and confidence, as a celebration of life’s good times, while concealing the darker aspects of the subconscious with vibrant and cheerful visuals. Alike Koon’s other balloon animals, the dog is a manifestation of an imperviousness to decay: through it, the artist proclaims that pleasure and perfection can exist without guilt. With its playful shape, Balloon Dog (Blue) brings the viewer back to their childhood, tantalizingly presenting it as an enduring state that can last forever, if one looks at life with the comfort and positivity that the porcelain confers.

“Balloon Dog captures this anthropomorphic quality in a sense that we are balloons ourselves… If you look at the nose, the nose is almost like our navel, our belly button, our umbilical cord.”

At a more profound layer of meaning, Koons wants us to identify with the balloon animal. The balloon dog can stand as a metaphor for human experience: humans, like balloons, inhale air, and aim for a permanent state of joy. But joy is not permanent, and neither is the balloon’s perfectly inflated state. It is in this identification with the anthropomorphic world that the spotless perfection of Balloon Dog begins to be put into question. When the viewers see themselves reflected in the blue of the porcelain, shades and shadows start to populate its surface. Moreover, despite its monumental and celebratory features, the balloon dog seems to be plunging into solitude. According to Koons, the work could also conceal some sexual connotations that function as symbols of human desire. Therefore, despite its cheery disposition, the works presents a number of existential questions, most poignantly expressed through its allusion to childhood joy, which can be interpreted as a rather nostalgic escape from an adulthood that is not as bright.

“It’s a balloon that a clown would maybe twist for you at a birthday party. But at the same time it’s a Trojan horse. There are other things here that are inside: maybe the sexuality of the piece”

The present Balloon Dog edition is a porcelain reproduction of the original large-scale stainless steel Balloon Dog sculptures, which were created from 1994 to 2000. They formed part of Koons’ acclaimed Celebration series, which focused on childhood and celebration, featuring hearts, diamonds, tulips, Easter eggs and more. While Koons had intended to debut the series at New York’s Guggenheim Museum in 1996, the sculptures involved such an intricate and labor-intensive process of creation that he was forced to gradually complete the project over a decade. This technical difficulty was due to the flawlessly smooth contours of the stainless steel, which needed over forty artisans to craft, as well as the implementation of highly complex industrial methods like spin-forming and laser cutting.

For the porcelain Balloon Dog edition, Koons chose to collaborate with Michel Bernardaud, whose family runs the homonymous 160-year-old porcelain atelier in Limoges, France. Here, the porcelain similarly constitutes a highly reflective surface, almost indistinguishable from the stainless steel of the large-scale works. The Balloon Dog edition encourages viewers to contemplate and be directly questioned by the many challenges that this work proposes, as one of the most emblematic artworks of the twenty-first century.

Auction Results

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Sotheby’s Paris: 12 February 2026
Estimated: EUR 18,000 – 25,000
EUR 30,480 / USD 36,175

Jeff Koons | Balloon Dog (Blue) | Contemporary Discoveries | 2026 |

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021
Enameled porcelain
printed with the artist’s signature, the title, the number 692/799, the date 21
And the editor’s mark Bernardaud France (underneath)

Ketterer Kunst: 6 December 2025
Estimated: EUR 20,000
EUR 30,960 / USD 35,915

Ketterer Kunst, Art auctions, Book auctions Munich, Hamburg & Berlin

JEFF KOONS
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021
Multiple in Porcelain with a blue high-gloss metal coating
With the artist’s signature, the date, and the number on the underside
From an edition of 799 copies
With the manufacturer’s certificate and in a gift box designed by Jeff Koons

Phillips Hong-Kong: 25 November 2025
Estimated: HKD 150,000 – 250,000
HKD 232,200 / USD 29,835

Jeff Koons Editions

Phillips New-York: 22 October 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 38,700

Jeff Koons Editions & Works on Paper

LA Modern: 13 May 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 26,670

100: JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog (Blue) < Prints & Multiples, 13 May 2025 < Auctions | Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA)

JEFF KOONS (b.1955)
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021
Glazed porcelain
Printed signature, title, date and number to underside
‘Jeff Koons Balloon Dog (Blue) Limited Edition/Fine Porcelain 511/799 ’21’
This work is number 511 from the edition of 799
Published by Bernardaud, Limoges, France
Sold with original Styrofoam-lined box and certificate of authenticity from Bernardaud

Sotheby’s London: 26 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 50,800 / USD 65,760

Balloon Dog (Blue) | Prints & Multiples | 2025 | Sotheby’s

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021
Porcelain sculpture painted in chrome
Contained in the original Styrofoam-lined presentation box with silver printed signature
With printed signature, title, date and numbering 294/799 on the underside

Phillips London: 24 January 2025
Estimated: GBP 10,000 – 15,000
GBP 48,260 / USD 59,615

Jeff Koons – Evening & Day Editions Lot 60 January 2025 | Phillips

JEFF KOONS
Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021
Porcelain multiple painted in chrome
Contained in the original Styrofoam-lined presentation box with silver printed signature
With printed signature, title, date and numbering 312/799 on the underside

Phillips London: 20 September 2024
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 22,860 / USD 30,345

Jeff Koons – Evening & Day Editions Lot 175 September 2024 | Phillips

 

 

 

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Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), 2016

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Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa)

Medium: Archival pigment print in colors with blue mirrored glass inset on Innova Rag paper
Year: 2016
Image: 36 1/2 x 24 3/8 inches (92.7 x 61.9 cm)
Sheet: 40 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches (103.5 x 70.8 cm)
Edition: 40
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP
Publisher: Two Palms, New York

Signed and dated in pencil

 

This print belongs to Jeff Koons’ Gazing Ball series, developed in the mid-2010s, in which the artist revisits canonical works of Western art by inserting a reflective blue sphere into their composition. Here, Koons appropriates Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, arguably the most reproduced image in art history, and disrupts its visual and symbolic balance with a saturated cobalt-blue gazing ball placed at the center of the figure. Formally, the print faithfully reproduces the surface and tonality of the Renaissance original: its sfumato modeling, muted landscape, and calm, frontal pose. while the sphere appears as a foreign yet perfectly resolved object. Its color is deliberately artificial, industrial, and contemporary, standing in stark contrast to the aged, atmospheric palette of the painting. The ball interrupts the illusionistic depth of the image, flattening the space and anchoring the composition firmly in the present.

Conceptually, the gazing ball functions as both interruption and invitation. Historically, such reflective spheres were common decorative objects in gardens and interiors, meant to mirror their surroundings. Koons reactivates this tradition by turning the viewer into an implicit participant: the sculpture (or, here, its printed representation) reflects the environment and, by extension, the spectator. Although the reflection is only conceptual in the print medium, the idea remains intact: the artwork is completed by the viewer’s awareness of themselves looking.

“This experience is about you,
your desires, your interests, your participation, your relationship with this image.”

In the context of Koons’ practice, this work encapsulates his ongoing investigation of authorship, taste, and cultural hierarchy. By placing a contemporary object onto a sacred image, he neither mocks nor venerates it; instead, he levels the playing field. The Mona Lisa becomes a shared cultural surface, endlessly reproduced, recontextualized, and reconsumed. This Gazing Ball print is therefore less about Leonardo than about us: our relationship to masterpieces, to images we think we know, and to the act of looking itself.

Auction Results

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Christie’s online: 17 July 2025
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 47,880

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), 2016
Archival pigment print in colors with blue mirrored glass inset on Innova Rag paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 10/40

Phillips New-York: 21 April 2022
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 52,920

Jeff Koons Editions & Works on Paper

Christie’s New-York: 22 October 2021
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 62,500

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), 2017
Archival pigment print in colors with blue mirrored glass inset on Innova rag paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 1/40

 

 

 

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Seated Ballerina, 2015

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Seated Ballerina (Wood)

Medium: Hand-carved wood multiple, hand-painted with oil paint
Year: 2015
Dimensions: 18 x 17 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (45.7 x 43.5 x 24.4 cm)
Edition: 50
Artist’s Proofs: 10 AP

Commissioned by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, on the occasion of the Museum’s 50th anniversary

Accompanied by a foam-lined box with silver-printed artist’s name on the top
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on the underside

 

Influenced by the kitsch of porcelain figurines, Jeff Koons’ Seated Ballerina (Wood) presents a blonde dancer in a blue tutu, who adjusts her matching slipper while seated atop a fancifully decorated stool. This ballerina, with the elegance of her long neck as she gazes downwards, her outstretched leg, is related to the artist’s Antiquity series, which revisits themes of eros, libido, fertility and feminine beauty as represented throughout the artist historical canon.

[Left] Edgar Degas, Three Dancers Preparing for Class, after 1878, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image: © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, 29.100.558 
[Right] Manufactory Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory (Model attributed to Joseph Nees), Two dancers, ca. 1760-63, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image: © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982, 1982.60.191  

In his depictions of ballerinas, Koons takes clear inspiration from Edgar Degas’ series of ballet dancers in repose, in which the artist often highlighted the more private moments that intersperse a life of performance. The visage of Seated Ballerina (Wood) also echoes his polychrome wood sculptures of 1988, which appropriated the kitschy forms of Hummel figurines; here, his ballerina could easily be pictured atop a children’s musical jewelry box or among a collection of cherub-like ceramics.

Koons also executed the same form of Seated Ballerina for a 45-foot-tall nylon balloon installation at Rockefeller Center and a seven-foot-tall mirror-polished stainless-steel sculpture, exemplifying the enduring form of the dancer and its banality at sizes both petite and monumental.

 

Auction Results

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Christie’s online: 16 December 2025
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 27,940

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Seated Ballerina (Wood) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Seated Ballerina (Wood), 2015
Polychromed wood
Signed, numbered and dated ‘Jeff Koons 40/50 2015’ (on the underside)

Phillips New-York: 22 October 2025
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 51,600

Jeff Koons Editions & Works on Paper

JEFF KOONS
Seated Ballerina (Wood), 2015
Hand-carved wood multiple, hand-painted with oil paint
Accompanied by the original foam-lined box with silver-printed artist’s name on the top
Signed, dated and numbered 13/50 in pencil on the underside

 

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Dom Perignon Balloon Venus, 2013

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Dom Perignon Balloon Venus (Magenta)

Medium: Lacquered polyurethane resin in two parts
Year: 2013
Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. (49 x 35.8 x 50.4 cm)
Edition: 650
Artist’s Proofs: 40 AP
Publisher: New Art Editions, The Hague

With impressed signature on the suede interior lining of the lower part
Contained in a foam-lined custom flight case

 

The Balloon Venus, created by Jeff Koons in collaboration with Dom Pérignon, stands as a refined and strategically positioned multiple within the artist’s celebrated Balloon series. Produced in 2013, the work was conceived as part of a special limited edition release accompanying bottles of Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003, marking a sophisticated intersection between contemporary art and luxury culture. Presented here in a vivid pink chrome finish, the sculpture translates the familiar language of twisted balloon forms into a compact, highly polished object that oscillates between playful immediacy and classical reference.

Visually, the work is composed of interlocking, bulbous volumes that mimic the construction of a balloon animal, yet its structure subtly evokes the prehistoric Venus figurines: symbols of fertility, femininity, and abundance. This dual reading is central to the work’s impact: the ephemeral and the eternal are brought into direct dialogue, merging the lightness of a party decoration with the weight of art historical archetypes. The surface is executed in mirror-polished stainless steel with a transparent pink coating, achieving Koons’ signature optical perfection. The reflective quality not only amplifies the object’s seductive presence but actively incorporates the surrounding environment and viewer into the work. As in his monumental sculptures, the finish eliminates any trace of fabrication, reinforcing the illusion of an inflated, weightless form while asserting its permanence.

Conceptually, Balloon Venus encapsulates Koons’ ongoing exploration of desire, celebration, and self-acceptance. The reference to ancient fertility figures introduces a layer of historical continuity, suggesting that the impulses embodied in contemporary consumer culture are not new, but deeply rooted in human experience. At the same time, the balloon form preserves a sense of innocence and accessibility, inviting an immediate and uncritical emotional response. Within Koons’ broader practice, the work functions as a bridge between his large-scale Balloon Dog and Balloon Venus sculptures and a more intimate, editioned format. It retains the visual power and conceptual clarity of the monumental works while offering a more approachable scale for collectors.

In the market, these editions occupy a distinctive niche. Their association with a luxury brand, combined with Koons’ global recognition and the iconic status of the Balloon motif, has ensured strong and consistent demand. They appeal both to established collectors and to a broader audience drawn to the intersection of art, design, and lifestyle. Ultimately, Balloon Venus (Dom Pérignon Edition) exemplifies Koons’ ability to condense complex art historical references and contemporary cultural dynamics into a single, highly resolved object. It is at once a celebration, a symbol, and a carefully engineered artifact—where surface, meaning, and market positioning converge with remarkable precision.

 

Auction Results

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Phillips New-York: 22 October 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 25,800

Jeff Koons Editions & Works on Paper

JEFF KOONS
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus (Magenta), 2013
Lacquered polyurethane resin in two parts
Contained in the original foam-lined custom flight case
With impressed signature on the suede interior lining of the lower part
From the edition of 650 (there were also 40 artist’s proofs)

Sotheby’s London: 24 September 2025
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 16,510 / USD 22,205

Jeff Koons | Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus | Prints & Multiples | 2025 |

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus, 2013
Lacquered polyurethane resin in two parts
With champagne bottle in original box and original custom trunk
This work is from the edition of 650 plus 40 artist’s proofs

Koller Zurich: 20 June 2024
Estimated: CHF 8,000 – 14,000
CHF 10,000 / USD 11,310

JEFF KOONS (York 1955–lives and works in New York)

JEFF KOONS (York 1955–lives and works in New York)
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus (Magenta), 2013
Lacquered polyurethane resin, Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003
In the original presentation box, maintenance kit, gloves, keys, instruction to the Champagne
From the edition of 650
In original trunk
CONDITION NOTE: Professionally restored

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 20,320 / USD 24,615

Jeff Koons | Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus | Prints & Multiples | 2023 |

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus, 2013
Lacquered polyurethane resin multiple in two parts with Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2003
Contained in the original packaging and trunk
This work is from the edition of 650, plus 40 artist’s proofs

 

 

 

 

 

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Flower Drawings, 2011

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Flower Drawing (Orange)

Medium: Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 5/8 inches (75.9 x 75.9 x 1.6 cm)
Edition: 13
Artist’s Proofs: 2 AP

Signed and numbered on the reverse

Flower Drawing (Blue)

Medium: Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 5/8 inches (75.9 x 75.9 x 1.6 cm)
Edition: 13
Artist’s Proofs: 2 AP

Signed and numbered on the reverse

 

Flower Drawing (Green)

Medium: Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 5/8 inches (75.9 x 75.9 x 1.6 cm)
Edition: 13
Artist’s Proofs: 2 AP

Signed and numbered on the reverse

Flower Drawing (Red)

Medium: Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 5/8 inches (75.9 x 75.9 x 1.6 cm)
Edition: 13
Artist’s Proofs: 2 AP

Signed and numbered on the reverse

 

Auction Results

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Flower Drawing (Orange), 2011

Christie’s New-York: 22 November 2024
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 81,900

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Flower Drawing (Orange) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Flower Drawing (Orange), 2011
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed and numbered ‘Jeff Koons 13⁄13’ (on the reverse)
This work is number thirteen from an edition of thirteen plus two artist’s proofs

Flower Drawing (Green), 2011

Christie’s New-York: 18 November 2022
Estimated: USD 70,000 – 100,000
USD 63,000

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Flower Drawing (Green) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Flower Drawing (Green), 2011
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed and numbered ‘Jeff Koons 5/13’ (on the reverse)
This work is number five from an edition of thirteen plus two artist’s proofs

Flower Drawing (Blue), 2011

Phillips New-York: 26 October 2022
Estimated: USD 70,000 – 100,000
USD 63,000

Jeff Koons – Editions & Works on Paper Lot 82 October 2022 | Phillips

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Flower Drawing (Orange), 2011
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed and numbered ‘Jeff Koons 5⁄13’ (on the reverse)
This work is number five from an edition of thirteen plus two artist’s proofs

Flower Drawing (Green), 2011

Phillips New-York: 16 May 2018
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 125,000

JEFF KOONS
Flower Drawing (Green), 2011
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed, numbered and dated “Jeff Koons ’11 1/13” on the reverse
This work is number 1 from an edition of 13 plus 2 artist’s proofs in each color

Flower Drawing (Red), 2011

Sotheby’s New-York: 15 November 2019
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 93,750

(#525) JEFF KOONS | Flower Drawing (Red)

JEFF KOONS
Flower Drawing (Red), 2011
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed, dated ’11 and numbered 1/13 on the reverse
This work is number 1 from an edition of 13, plus 2 artist’s proofs

 

 

 

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Inflatable Flower (Pink/Blue/Orange), 2000

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Inflatable Flower (Pink/Blue/Orange)

Medium: Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Year: 2000
Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 5/8 inches (90.2 x 47.6 x  1.6 cm)
Edition: 13 for each colorway
Artist’s Proofs: 2 AP for each colorway

Signed, dated 2000 and numbered (on the reverse)

The Inflatable Flower multiples, produced in 2000 in a highly limited edition of 13 plus 2 artist’s proofs, offer a distilled and unexpectedly intimate expression of Jeff Koons’s enduring fascination with the visual and psychological vocabulary of childhood. Presented as a simplified flower form, reduced to soft, rounded petals and a vividly colored central disk, these works evoke the ephemeral world of inflatable toys, translated here into a permanent and precisely fabricated object.

The composition is striking in its restraint. The matte white silhouette, almost ghost-like in its neutrality, contrasts with a saturated chromatic center, creating a focal point that draws the eye with quiet insistence. This minimal intervention of color is not decorative but strategic: it isolates desire, concentrates attention, and transforms a familiar motif into something both iconic and subtly uncanny. Technically, the works reflect Koons’ characteristic reliance on industrial fabrication and immaculate finish. The surface is deliberately smooth, devoid of gesture, erasing any trace of the artist’s hand in favor of a controlled perfection. The tension between the illusion of softness, suggested by the inflatable reference, and the rigidity of the material lies at the core of the work’s conceptual strength.

Within Koons’ broader practice, Inflatable Flower belongs to a lineage that includes his early inflatable works and anticipates later explorations of floral monumentality, notably Puppy and Split-Rocker. Here, however, the reduced scale creates a more intimate encounter, transforming the object into a concentrated emblem of his visual language.

The edition exists in three known color variations, each subtly shifting the emotional register of the work. The orange-centered version introduces a sense of warmth and immediacy. The hue carries an almost solar intensity, evoking vitality and optimism, and reinforcing the work’s connection to childhood pleasure and sensory attraction. The blue-centered variation offers a markedly different reading. Cooler and more contemplative, the blue introduces a note of calm and distance, lending the flower a more introspective, almost meditative presence. The pink-centered example leans into associations of softness and affection. Without becoming overtly sentimental, it amplifies the work’s emotional accessibility, aligning closely with Koons’ ongoing exploration of love, vulnerability, and acceptance.

Conceptually, the flower operates as a universal symbol of beauty and renewal, yet Koons strips it of traditional sentimentality. The viewer is not asked to critique the object, but to embrace it, directly and without irony, as a carrier of pleasure and affirmation. Produced in a very small edition, Inflatable Flower stands apart from more widely distributed multiples, positioning it closer to unique works in terms of rarity and desirability. This scarcity, combined with the clarity of the image and its resonance within Koons’ practice, has sustained strong collector interest. Unlike other Koons editions that proliferate across multiple finishes or hues, this work remains deliberately restrained, reinforcing its conceptual purity and coherence as a tightly controlled series.

Today, these works occupy a distinct position in the market: at once accessible in scale and highly selective in availability. They offer collectors an entry into Koons’ universe that retains full conceptual integrity within a refined and contained format. Ultimately, Inflatable Flower encapsulates a central paradox in Koons’ work: the transformation of the simplest forms into objects of precision, desire, and quiet contemplation—where apparent lightness reveals a rigorously constructed and deeply intentional artistic statement.

 

Auction Results

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Inflatable Flower (Orange), 2000

Christie’s New-York: 26 February 2026
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 86,360

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Inflatable Flower (Orange) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Inflatable Flower (Orange), 2000
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed, numbered and dated ‘Jeff Koons 2000 10⁄13’ (on the reverse)

Inflatable Flower (Pink), 2000

Phillips New-York: 14 May 2025
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 53,440

Jeff Koons Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

Inflatable Flower (Blue), 2000

Christie’s New-York: 27 February 2025
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 100,800

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955), Inflatable Flower (Blue) | Christie’s

JEFF KOONS (B. 1955)
Inflatable Flower (Blue), 2000
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
signed, numbered and dated ‘Jeff Koons 2000 4⁄13’ (on the reverse)
This work is number four from an edition of thirteen plus two artist’s proofs

Inflatable Flower (Pink), 2000

Sotheby’s New-York: 2 October 2024
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 38,400

Inflatable Flower (Pink) | Contemporary Discoveries | 2024 | Sotheby’s

 

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Inflatable Flower (Pink), 2000
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed, dated 2000 and numbered 13/13 (on the reverse)
This work is number 13 from the edition of 13 plus 2 artist’s proofs

Inflatable Flower (Pink), 2000

Sotheby’s New-York: 27 September 2019
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 68,750

Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Inflatable Flower (Pink) | Christie’s

 

JEFF KOONS (b. 1955)
Inflatable Flower (Pink), 2000
Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
Signed, numbered and dated ‘Jeff Koons 2000 5/13’ (on the reverse)
This work is number five from an edition of thirteen