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After Jeff Koons — Cracked Egg (red)
After Jeff Koons

Cracked Egg (red)

A lustrous, cracked egg rendered in glazed red aluminum, this multiple replicates Jeff Koons's signature aesthetic of transforming everyday objects into gleaming, seductive sculptures. Published in an edition of 1,000 by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008, the work served as an invitation for the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum. The piece retains its original invitation card, though the original box is lacking.

Medium
Aluminum multiple with red glaze, 2008, from the edition of 1,000 published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, as an invitation for the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, with original invitation card, lacking the original box
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Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Prints & Multiples Online

March 4, 2019

Estimate: $2,500 – $3,500

Lot 31

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After Jeff Koons, Cracked Egg (red)

A lustrous, cracked egg rendered in glazed red aluminum, this multiple replicates Jeff Koons's signature aesthetic of transforming everyday objects into gleaming, seductive sculptures. Published in an edition of 1,000 by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2008, the work served as an invitation for the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum. The piece retains its original invitation card, though the original box is lacking.

Medium
Aluminum multiple with red glaze, 2008, from the edition of 1,000 published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, as an invitation for the opening of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, with original invitation card, lacking the original box
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Aluminum, Egg, Bold, American, Red, Pop Art, Playful, Glossy, Still Life, Contemporary