Balloon dog (Red)
designed 1995
Medium
porcelain
Measurements
11.3 × 26.3 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke, 2006
© Jeff Koons- all requests to reproduce image to be made to Jeff Koons Studio
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Jeff Koons has been designing sculptures of balloon animals since the 1980s. Balloon dog was first designed in 1995 and produced in a limited edition of 2300. In 1996, Koons made a life-sized person riding a balloon dog. According to the artist, it is ‘about celebration and childhood and colour and simplicity – but it’s also a Trojan horse. It’s a Trojan horse to the whole body of artwork.’
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
United States
Edition
ed. 1113/2300
Inscription
printed in red on plastic label on base c.: BALLOON DOG / BY / JEFF KOONS / LIMITED EDITION. FINE PORCELAIN / PLATE NUMBER / 1113/2300 (1113/2300 underlined) 195 / THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART / LOS ANGELES
Accession Number
2006.386
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Red dog on a mirrored silver plate.