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Abstraction and luxury are the guard dogs of the upper class.

Jeff Koons

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Jeff Koons
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 21
Artist
Designer
Installation Artist
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
York
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Koons
Jeffrey Lynn Koons
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Abstraction
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Dogs
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