![Studio and Garden: The Enigma of Jeff Koons: Formalist; Social Critic; Showman; Cynic; Buoyant Optimist?? Studio and Garden: The Enigma of Jeff Koons: Formalist; Social Critic; Showman; Cynic; Buoyant Optimist??](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3NlZ8Q5bofo/VDAh6qwiwsI/AAAAAAAAQaA/1Iri6Nti26E/s1600/8%2Bjeff%2Bkoons%2C%2Blarge%2Bvase%2Bof%2Bflowers.jpg)
Studio and Garden: The Enigma of Jeff Koons: Formalist; Social Critic; Showman; Cynic; Buoyant Optimist??
![Jeff Koons, Large Vase of Flowers, 1991. Polychromed wood; 52 × 43 × 43 in. (132.1 × 109.2 × 109.2 cm). Edition no. 2/3. Collection of Norman and Norah Stone. © Jeff Koons | Whitney Museum Jeff Koons, Large Vase of Flowers, 1991. Polychromed wood; 52 × 43 × 43 in. (132.1 × 109.2 × 109.2 cm). Edition no. 2/3. Collection of Norman and Norah Stone. © Jeff Koons | Whitney Museum](https://media.meer.com/attachments/1aa26724643554203d72a13cb262912bb783d1c0/store/fill/860/645/fbe5700b5c92d1e5a08bf67e83a81d6862d795d24e62f89c3cf4f324b1de/Jeff-Koons-Large-Vase-of-Flowers-1991-Polychromed-wood-52-x-43-x-43-in-132-dot-1-x-109-dot-2-x.jpg)
Jeff Koons, Large Vase of Flowers, 1991. Polychromed wood; 52 × 43 × 43 in. (132.1 × 109.2 × 109.2 cm). Edition no. 2/3. Collection of Norman and Norah Stone. © Jeff Koons | Whitney Museum
![A piece called Large Vase of Flowers by Jeff Koons is seen during a preview of the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Thursday, April 28, 2016, in San Francisco. A piece called Large Vase of Flowers by Jeff Koons is seen during a preview of the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Thursday, April 28, 2016, in San Francisco.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MYRHT2/a-piece-called-large-vase-of-flowers-by-jeff-koons-is-seen-during-a-preview-of-the-newly-expanded-san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-thursday-april-28-2016-in-san-francisco-designed-in-partnership-with-architecture-firm-snhetta-the-expansion-will-more-than-double-the-museums-exhibition-space-the-museum-opens-on-may-14-ap-photoeric-risberg-2MYRHT2.jpg)