LateToCult 36,334 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 3-foot-tall silver bunny just set an art world record. Rabbit, by the playful and controversial artist Jeff Koons, sold for more than $91 million at Christie's Auction House – the most ever for work by a living artist at auction. Robert Mnuchin, an art dealer and the father of the Treasury Secretary, had the winning bid on behalf of a client. The stainless steel sculpture is a faceless space bunny, a balloon that's not a balloon. The piece was one of 11 works that were offered from the collection of magazine publisher S.I. Newhouse, the longtime chairman of Condé Nast who died in 2017. "The work is considered the holy grail of Koons works among certain collecting circles, and the bunny's allure was burnished by the fact that Newhouse was its longtime owner," Artnet writes. "It also received an extraordinary pre-sale display at Christie's with a custom-built room that perched the rabbit on a pedestal surrounded by lighting mimicking a James Turrell installation." (more in the link) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 50,362 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Lol what Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIMe 1,212 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Suddenly the koons is them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie 5 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 That’s it. I’m becoming a pop artist. I will make giant inflatable bananas and paint them in chrome and make millions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsn 1,640 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Would the person that wasted 91 million on a metal rabbit like to pay off my schooling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino 12 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, brownie said: That’s it. I’m becoming a pop artist. I will make giant inflatable bananas and paint them in chrome and make millions. Except that's nothing like his process and the work that goes into his iconic metal pieces is ridiculous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlopSlurper 34,336 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley 54,911 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidsunshine 729 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 minute ago, jsn said: Would the person that wasted 91 million on a metal rabbit like to pay off my schooling It’s never wasted. These people know what they are doing, mostly it’s money laundering scheme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa 18,545 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Whoa, that's crazy! I wonder what they did with that huge Gaga sculpture? Is it just in a warehouse somewhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 36,334 Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 minute ago, liquidsunshine said: It’s never wasted. These people know what they are doing, mostly it’s money laundering scheme. ^ This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
myluis617 5,201 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I wonder how much the sculpture he made of her would sell at if it ever went up for auction... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
myluis617 5,201 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 I wonder how much the sculpture he made of her would sell at if it ever went up for auction... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zander 14,817 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Bradley said: Does anyone know where this sculpture is now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 59,929 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 choices Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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