JEFF KOONS: A RETROSPECTIVE: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART by Koons, Jeff (Artist); Rothkopf, Scott (Curator); Kushner, Rachel & Various Contributors - 2014

New York City, NY: Whitney Museum Of American Art, 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Whitney Museum Of American Art, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 305 pages. Retrospective Monograph. One of the best - and most accessible - books on the art and achievement of Jeff Koons. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Jeff Koons and Scott Rothkopf: Oversize-volume format. Pristine-white cloth boards with metallic-silver floral design and titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Art by Jeff Koons. Curated by Scott Rothkopf, whose Essay is indispensable. Contributions by various Jeff Koons admirers and art experts. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with black titles on the spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the major retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2014, which travelled on to other major European venues thereafter. Presents "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective". Beautifully produced, eloquently written, meticulously annotated, and lavishly illustrated. A book that demands to be read and savored, not just viewed at a glance. "Despite his titanic art world status, Jeff Koons has never been the subject of a retrospective nor of a book this comprehensive. Charting every significant series of works, from basketballs and vacuum cleaners to paintings and pornography to blown-up tchotchkes and balloon animals, along with a wealth of ephemera, the monograph delivers. Eight pithy texts from a diverse array of academics, writers, scientists, and art experts (the contributions from novelist Rachel Kushner and Renaissance scholar Alexander Nagel particularly shine) augment curator Scott Rothkopf's Essay" (ARTnews). "Must be read by any serious critic of Koons, pro or con" (Peter Schjeldahl). An absolute "must-have" title for Jeff Koons collectors. <b><i>This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (during the exhibition), and inscribed in metallic-silver pen-marker on the half-title page by the artist: "Melissa, Thank you! Jeff Koons 11/19/14". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is named, obtained the signature in person. This title is a contemporary art book classic. This is one of few such signed, publication-year dated, and inscribed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Jeff Koons' signature is his self-created "art symbol", and are not even his initials. As such, the more he leaves on the page, as he does on this copy, the better because anyone else can easily duplicate the signature by itself. A rare signed copy thus. </b></i>200 color plates. One of the most influential and important artists of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0300195877.