Lot 14
Two Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series)
Sold
$3,569,000
Est $4,000,000 - $6,000,000
Live Auction
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE
ARTIST
Jeff Koons
Size
62 3/4 x 36 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. (159.4 x 93.3 x 33.7 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTOR

Medium
glass, steel, sodium chloride reagent, distilled water and two basketballs
Signature
Executed in 1985, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2.
Provenance
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired directly from the artist) Gagosian Gallery, New York (acquired from the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 1995
Literature
Gary Indiana, “Jeff Koons at International with Monument,” Art in America, vol. 73, no. 11, November 1985, p. 162 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown) “Album: Four Artists, Jay Gorney Modern Art, January 4-30," Arts Magazine, vol. 60, no. 5, January 1986, p. 121 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown) Endgame: Reference and Simulation in Recent Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat., The Institute of Contemporary Art, Cambridge and London, 1986, p. 97 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown) Robert Rosenblum, The Jeff Koons Handbook, New York, 1992, p. 156 Angelika Muthesius, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 1992, no. 2, pp. 19, 54, 165 (another example illustrated, p. 54; International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown, p. 19) Thea Westreich, ed., This is About Who We Are: The Collected Writings of John Caldwell, San Francisco, 1996, p. 183 David Rimanelli, "Time Capsules 1980-1985," Artforum, vol. 41, no. 7, March 2003, p. 134 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown) Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, 2003, p. 38 (another example illustrated) Kelly Devine Thomas, "The Selling of Jeff Koons," ARTnews, vol. 104, no. 5, May 2005, p. 116 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown) Hans Werner Holzwarth, ed., Jeff Koons, Cologne, 2008, pp. 164, 585 (another example illustrated, p. 164) Michael Archer, Jeff Koons: One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, London, 2011, pp. 16-17, 30 (International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view illustrated, edition number unknown, pp. 16-17) Jeff Koons, exh. cat., Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2012, fig. 5, pp. 175, 177 (installation view of another example illustrated, p. 177) Sculpture After Sculpture: Fritsch, Koons, Ray, exh. cat., Moderna Museet, Ostfildern, 2014, pp. 67, 133 (another example illustrated, p. 67) Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, London, 2014, pp. 36-37, 98 (illustrated, p. 36; International With Monument Gallery, New York, 1985, installation view partially illustrated, edition number unknown, p. 98) Benjamin Clifford, “Minimalism and Beyond,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 2017, online (Mnuchin Gallery, New York, 2017, installation view illustrated) Udo Kittlemann, ed., Marx Collection: 40 Works, Berlin, 2019, no. 1, p. 112 (another example illustrated) Erika Verzutti: The Indiscipline of Sculpture, exh. cat., Museo de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2021, no. 156, pp. 218-219 (another example illustrated, p. 219)
Exhibited
New York, International With Monument Gallery, Jeff Koons: Equilibrium, May 4–June 2, 1985 (edition number unknown) Aspen Art Museum, Warhol/Koons/Hirst: Cult and Culture, Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, August 3–September 30, 2001, no. 14, pp. 33, 66 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 33; dated 1986) New York, James Cohan, The Game Show, January 9–February 14, 2004 New York, Mnuchin Gallery, Minimalism & Beyond, September 13–October 18, 2017, pp. 42-43, 80 (illustrated, p. 43)