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Artist Jeff Koons Gets Balloon in Thanksgiving Day Parade… by Vincenzo Rutigliano, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Art & Architecture November 23, 2007

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Making its debut at this years Macy’s 81st annual Thanksgiving Day Parade was a brand new 53-foot-tall helium balloon, titled “Rabbit” by local artist Jeff Koons.  It is a new acquisition to the parade’s “Blue Sky Gallery” series.  

“The “Rabbit” is based on the celebrated iconic 1986 sculpture of a reflective stainless steel cast of an inflatable bunny.”

Rabbit, 1986
stainless steel
41 x 19 x 12 inches

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