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Jeff Koons at the Serpentine Gallery

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An overview of Jeff Koons' artwork entitled "Jeff Koons On the Roof" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 21, 2008 in New York City.

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A sculpture titled 'Woman in Tub', 1988, pictured in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Basel, Switzerland, Thursday, October 5, 2006.

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A woman walks past works entitled 'Acrobat' and new work 'Triple Popeye' by American artist Jeff Koons at the presentation of a new exhibition titled 'Popeye Series' at the Serpentine Gallery on June 30, 2009 in London, England. The exhibition which runs from July 2 - September 13 is the first ever major exhibition of Koon's work in a public gallery in England.

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American artist Jeff Koons with 'Monkey (Chair), 2003' at the Serpentine Gallery.

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Jeff Koons' Popeye Series at the Serpentine Gallery in London, England.

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'Amore' is seen during the opening party of new built Brandhorst museum on May 19, 2009 in Munich, Germany.

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'Dipstick (2003)' from Jeff Koons: Popeye Series at the Serpentine Gallery.

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A Sotheby's employee stands by a sculpture named 'Executed' preview on January 28, 2009 in London, England.

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The sculpture 'Michael Jackson and Bubbles' is shown on display in the chateau de Versailles in Versailles on September 10, 2008.

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The 'Rabbit' balloon floats in Times Square during the 81st annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2007 in New York City.

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'Diamond (Blue)' is displayed and photographed by onlookers in the plaza 13 October 2007 outside Christie's in New York.

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The Lucia Mondella stainless sculpture on exhibit at the National Museum June 6, 2003 in Naples.

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The 'Puppy' sculpture stands in Rockefeller Center, June 7, 2000 in New York City. The sculpture, consisting of 70,000 fresh flowers was previously exhibited in Germany and Australia. There is also one on permanent location at the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.

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