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Rabbit (Koons)
Sculpture by Jeff Koons
| Rabbit | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Jeff Koons |
| Year | &#;() |
| Medium | Stainless steel sculpture |
| Subject | Rabbit |
Rabbit is a series of three identical stainless steel sculptures by Jeff Koons.
One of the editions of Rabbit is one of the most expensive work sold by a living artist at auction, being sold for $ million in May [1]
History
In May , the sculpture was auctioned for $ million, breaking the auction record for an artwork by a living artist.[2] The work, which was sold by the estate of the late magazine publisher S.
I. Newhouse, was one in an edition of three (plus an artist's proof) and the last still held in private hands.[3] It was later revealed that the art dealer Robert Mnuchin purchased the work for the billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A.
Cohen.[4]
In the initial sale of the work, Koons's art dealer Ileana Sonnabend kept one edition and sold the other two for $40, each: to the a