Bouquet of Tulips
2019
This monumental sculpture presents an oversized hand emerging from the ground, clutching a vibrant bouquet of colorful tulips rendered in polychromed bronze, aluminum, and stainless steel. Created by Jeff Koons, a leading contemporary artist known for celebrating everyday objects through colossal scale and meticulous finish, the work transforms a simple gesture of offering into a grand public statement. The tulips, rendered in brilliant reds, blues, oranges, and pinks, rise dramatically against the Parisian sky, their smooth surfaces catching light like precious objects. Installed in the Garden of the Champs-Élysées behind the Petit Palais, the sculpture commands the tree-lined plaza with both whimsy and monumental presence, inviting contemplation on themes of generosity, hope, and the dignity of ordinary human gestures. Photo by Miraxh Tereziu on Unsplash
- Medium
- Polychromed bronze, aluminum and stainless steel
Spotted works by Jeff Koons
Artists in conversation
Takashi Murakami
Japanese · b. 1962
Murakami creates large scale polychromed sculptures and installations featuring flowers in explosive, hyper saturated colors with an equally glossy and meticulous finish, blending kitsch sensibility with fine art in a way that directly mirrors Koons's tulip bouquet aesthetic.
Katharina Fritsch
German · b. 1956
Fritsch produces monumental public sculptures of everyday objects rendered in bold uniform colors with an uncanny, hyper refined surface quality, sharing with this work the strategy of elevating familiar imagery to colossal scale for maximum public impact.
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese · b. 1929
Kusama's large scale outdoor floral sculptures such as her Tulips series are created in polished and polychromed materials with vivid celebratory color, making her work among the closest parallels to this specific piece in terms of subject matter, scale, and joyful public presence.
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