Category:Tulips (Koons, Hanover)

**Tulips**
	sculpture by Jeff Koons sold at Christie's in 2012
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Instance of	sculpture;
Part of	Tulips;
Depicts	tulip
Made from material	stainless steel (polishing);
Location	administrative building of Nord/LB; Wynn Las Vegas; Wynn Palace;
Creator	Jeff Koons;
Owned by	Norddeutsche Landesbank (2002–2012); Steve Wynn (2012–);
Collection	unknown value (private collection);
Significant event	purchasing (Sonnabend Gallery, 2,500,000 United States dollar, Norddeutsche Landesbank, 2002); auction (33,682,500 United States dollar, Norddeutsche Landesbank, Steve Wynn, Christie's, New York, 38, 2012);
Width	457.2 cm;
Length	520.7 cm;
Height	203.2 cm;
Authority file
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Jeff Koons: Tulips

Artist

Jeff Koons (1955–)

	Alternative names	Birth name: Jeffrey Koons
	Description	American sculptor, painter, photographer, installation artist and designer
	Date of birth	21 January 1955
	Location of birth	York
	Work location	Munich; Sarasota; Chicago; Baltimore; New York City
	Authority file	: Q297525 VIAF: 5035739 ISNI: 0000000108650102 ULAN: 500118778 LCCN: n88205092 NLA: 35701475 GND: 119082292 SUDOC: 034202285 BNF: 12498387n BIBSYS: 90654080 NKC: js20061103009 BNE: XX5536530 CiNii: DA07157703 NLP: a0000002971989 RKD: 45761 J9U: 987007453089405171 Koninklijke: 085008486 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa529828/jeff-koons NLK: KAC202266115 WorldCat

Title

Tulips

Part of

Tulips

Object type

sculpture

Description

Deutsch: Die Plastik besteht aus sieben Tulpenblüten unterschiedlicher Farbe mit einem Gewicht von je etwa einer halben Tonne^[1]^[2] und insgesamt etwa vier Tonnen.^[3]^[4]

English: The sculpture consists of seven tulip blossoms of different colors, having a weight of about half a ton each^[1]^[2] and of four tons altogether.^[3]^[4]

Date

1995–2004^[5]^[6]^[7]

Medium

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating^[6]

Dimensions

length: 520.7 cm (17 ft)

; height: 203.2 cm (80 in)

; width: 457.2 cm (15 ft)

Collection

Private collection

Object history

2002-02^[7]: purchased by Norddeutsche Landesbank from Sonnabend Gallery, New York for US$ 2.5 million^[7]
2012-11-14^[6]: auctioned (lot 38) at Christie's, New York for US$ 33,682,500^[6]^[8] and sold to Steve Wynn^[8]^[2]

Exhibition history

from March 2004 until May 2012
date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2004-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+2012-05-00T00:00:00Z/10
: inner courtyard of the Norddeutsche Landesbank Hannover headquarters at the Friedrichswall in Hannover^[4]
from 3 November 2012 until 14 November 2012
date QS:P,+2012-11-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+2012-11-03T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+2012-11-14T00:00:00Z/11
: exhibited in front of Christie's at the Rockefeller Center, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City^[9]
from 2013 until 2016
date QS:P,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+2016-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: exhibited at Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas^[8]
from 2016 until 2019
date QS:P,+2016-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+2016-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+2019-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: exhibited at Wynn Palace, Cotai^[8]
from 2019 until present: exhibited at Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas^[8]

Notes

Part of the series Celebrations.

Part of the series Tulips, The artwork is one of five unique versions.^[6].

English: Other examples are in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum; Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kyiv; Fondazione Prada, Milan and The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica. An exhibition copy was also created to be shown in China and is on a ten-year loan to the Embassy of the United States, Beijing.^[6]

References

Christie's film

↑ ^a ^b Landesbank will Kunstwerk verkaufen, in HAZ 2012-05-03. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ndr.de 2012-11-15: Nord/LB macht Millionen mit Blüten at the Wayback Machine.
↑ ^a ^b Press release by Nord/LB 2012-05-04: NORD/LB gründet Kulturstiftung. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Press release by Nord/LB 2012-11-15: Tulips-Auktion lässt NORD/LB Kulturstiftung erblühen. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.
↑ Tulips on Jeff Koons' official website. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5621948 (sale 2597, lot 38)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Press release by Nord/LB 2012-05-04: NORD/LB gründet Kulturstiftung with identical text as the press release by Nord/LB 2012-11-15: Tulips-Auktion lässt NORD/LB Kulturstiftung erblühen. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 8newsnow.com 2024-01-06: Jeff Koons’ sculpture ‘Tulips’ returns to Wynn Las Vegas at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Press release by Christie's 2012-11-06: Release: Christies to present Jeff Koons’ monumental sculptural masterpiece, tulips his most complex technical creation to date property from the collection of NORD/LB, Hannover. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

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[haz-1] Landesbank will Kunstwerk verkaufen, in HAZ 2012-05-03. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

[ndr-2] r.de 2012-11-15: Nord/LB macht Millionen mit Blüten at the Wayback Machine.

[nordlb1-3] Press release by Nord/LB 2012-05-04: NORD/LB gründet Kulturstiftung. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

[nordlb2-4] Press release by Nord/LB 2012-11-15: Tulips-Auktion lässt NORD/LB Kulturstiftung erblühen. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

[koons-5] Tulips on Jeff Koons' official website. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

[christies1-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5621948 (sale 2597, lot 38)

[nordlb1=2-7] Press release by Nord/LB 2012-05-04: NORD/LB gründet Kulturstiftung with identical text as the press release by Nord/LB 2012-11-15: Tulips-Auktion lässt NORD/LB Kulturstiftung erblühen. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

[klas1-8] 8newsnow.com 2024-01-06: Jeff Koons’ sculpture ‘Tulips’ returns to Wynn Las Vegas at the Wayback Machine.

[christies2-9] Press release by Christie's 2012-11-06: Release: Christies to present Jeff Koons’ monumental sculptural masterpiece, tulips his most complex technical creation to date property from the collection of NORD/LB, Hannover. Retrieved on 15 February 2018.

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