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KOONS JEFFREY: (1955- ) American Artist. His works deal with popular culture, his sculptures depict simple objects, including balloon animals, and have sold for substantial sums, including two record auction prices for a work by a living artist, reaching 91 million for Rabbit in 2019. A very fine signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Koons, the image showing him in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink with his initials, adding a large sketch across the image, also dated in his hand in 2015. EX

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KOONS JEFFREY: (1955- ) American Artist. His works deal with popular culture, his sculptures depict simple objects, including balloon animals, and have sold for substantial sums, including two record auction prices for a work by a living artist, reaching 91 million for Rabbit in 2019. A very fine signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Koons, the image showing him in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink with his initials, adding a large sketch across the image, also dated in his hand in 2015. EX

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