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Property from a Prestigious American Collection

Jeff Koons

Hulk (Rock)

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Prestigious American Collection

Jeff Koons

(b. 1955) 


Hulk (Rock)

signed, dated 2004-2013 and numbered 2/3 (on the interior of the purple element)

polychromed bronze and marble

87 ⅜ by 48 ¾ by 28 ⅛ in.

221.9 by 123.8 by 71.4 cm.

Executed in 2004-13, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.

Gagosian Gallery, New York

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 2011)

Acquired from the above in January 2015 by the present owner

Hong Kong, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, November - December 2014, p. 23, illustrated in color, pp. 24-25, illustrated in color (detail) and pp. 49, 52, illustrated in color (in installation) (the present work)

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Jeff Koons: Absolute Value: From the Collection of Marie and Jose Mugrabi, March 2020 - April 2021, pp. 48, 53, illustrated in color (in installation) and p. 61 (text) (edition AP)

Venice, AMA Venezia, AMA Collection, April - June 2025 (edition AP)

Hans Ulrich Obrist, “Around the World with Jeff Koons,” Paradis Magazine, No. 1, Summer 2006, p. 19, illustrated in color (in progress)

Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne 2007, p. 42, illustrated in color (in progress)

Exh. Cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, 2007, p. 126 (text)

Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (and traveling), Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, 2014-15, pl. 118, pp. 20, 245, 250 (text) and p. 187, illustrated in color (New York); fig. 1, pp. 25, 257, 263 (text) and p. 198, illustrated in color (Paris); fig. 1, pp. 23, 257 (text) and p. 202, illustrated in color (Bilbao)

Michaël Amy, "A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing Clothes: Jeff Koons," Sculpture 34, No. 2, March 2015, p. 56 (text)

Ram Liran, ed., "The Most Valuable Living Artist in History: Jeff Koons opens an exhibition in Israel," Maariv, 4 February 2020, illustrated in color (online)

Naama Riba, "Artist Jeff Koons to Attend Opening of His Tel Aviv Museum Exhibit," Haaretz, 4 February 2020, illustrated in color (online)

Jessica Steinberg, "Pop artist Jeff Koons and Sculptures Coming to Tel Aviv," The Times Israel, 5 February 2020, illustrated in color (detail) (online)

Ori Lenkinski, "Jeff Koons to Have First-Ever One-Man Art Exhibition in Tel Aviv," The Jerusalem Post, 27 February 2020, illustrated in color (online)

Lorenzo Davalos, "Jeff Koons at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art," Complot Magazine, 7 March 2020, illustrated in color (online)

Jessica Steinberg, "Jeff Koons’s Sculptures Arrive at Tel Aviv museum, Sans Artist," The Times Israel, 9 March 2020, illustrated in color (installed in Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2020-21) (online)

Simona Shemer, "Culture and Masks: Israeli Museums and Galleries Reopen With Fanfare," No Camels, 3 June 2020, illustrated in color (installed in Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2020-21) (online)

Naama Riba, "Tel Aviv Museum one of world's first to reopen," Haaretz, 9 June 2020, illustrated in color (installed in Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2020-21)

Jessica Steinberg, "There’s Hope’: Culture Buffs Celebrate Return of Music, Movies and Art," Times of Israel, 4 March 2021, illustrated in color (installed in Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2020-21) (online)

Eileen Kinsella, “Collector Laurent Asscher on Launching His Own Art Space in Venice: ‘There Are No Rules,'” Artnet, 11 March 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

Asia Miniutti, "Un nuovo polo per l’arte contemporanea a Venezia in un’ex fabbrica di sapone. Intervista all’ideatore," Artribune, 24 March 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

Maya Boddie, "He’s Built a Reputation as a Notoriously Discreet Collector: But This Spring, He’s Changing That for Good," Cultured Magazine, 28 March 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

Laurent Moïsi, "AMA Venezia: A New Cultural Landmark Opens in Venice," Whitewall, 3 April 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

Ryan Waddoups, "An Exclusive Look Inside Laurent Asscher’s New Art Foundation in Venice," Galerie Magazine, 5 April 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

William Middleton, "AMA Venezia," Gagosian Quaterly, Summer 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)

Thibaut Wychowanok, "À Venise, Laurent Asscher dévoile son impressionnante collection d’art contemporain," Numéro, 18 June 2025, illustrated in color (installed in AMA Venezia, 2025) (online)