Balloon Dog is a series of stainless steel sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons, made in several versions between 1994 and 2000. Each version has its own colour, either blue, magenta, yellow, orange or red, produced with different coatings on the steel. The series belongs to Koons's Celebration cycle of artworks and is one of several sculptures inspired by inflatable characters, alongside Balloon Swan, Balloon Rabbit and Balloon Monkey. Koons has said that he likes balloon animals because they are like people, and that taking a breath in is optimism while breathing out is a kind of symbol of death. The Broad museum in Los Angeles holds a copy of Balloon Dog (Blue), and Balloon Dog (Orange) sold at Christie's in 2013 for 58.4 million dollars.
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There are different versions of this sculpture, made between 1994 and 2000
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All versions of the sculpture are made of stainless steel
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Balloon Dog is a series of sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons.
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Balloon Dog is a series of sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons.
In Genre: Sculpture, Lead, genre
Balloon Dog is a series of sculptures by the American artist Jeff Koons.
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