Jeffrey Lynn Koons is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with
Koons in 2014
Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (1983) by Koons at Tate Liverpool
Puppy (head detail) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
Balloon Dog (Magenta), 1994–2000, mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating, 121 × 143 × 45 in. (307.3 × 363.2 × 114.3 cm), François Pinault Foundation. One of five unique versions (Blue, Magenta, Orange, Red, Yellow). The Orange version was sold in 2013 for a record price for a living sculptor.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the str
Jeff Koons
…to attract visitors. As a child he went door-to-door after school selling gift-wrapping paper and candy to earn pocket money. As a teenager he revered Salvador Dalí so much that he visited him at the St. Regis New York. Koons studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore before transferring…
The Dalí family in 1910: from the upper left, aunt Maria Teresa, mother, father, Salvador Dalí, aunt Caterina (later became the second wife of father), sister Anna Maria, and grandmother Anna
Dalí with Federico García Lorca, Turó Park de la Guineueta, Barcelona, 1925
The Great Masturbator (1929); oil on canvas, 110 cm × 150 cm, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía