Puppies
William Wiebe
“Jeff Koons LLC purports to represent the intellectual property rights of Jeff Koons, a retired stock broker whose sculptures and other works are well-known for copying pre-existing forms and images from popular culture.”ALEXANDER & SONG LLC, D.B.A. PARK LIFE v. JEFF KOONS LLC
“puppies need details in fur. Details—Just Like Photo!”Production notes for “String of Puppies,” exhibit 15 to Koons deposition, ART ROGERS v. JEFF KOONS and SONNABEND GALLERY, INC.
“black-and-white photograph, vintage documentary style, rural outdoor setting, two smiling adults, seated on rustic wooden bench, holding eight German shepherd puppies, fluffy puppies, dark-faced puppies, floppy ears, puppies clustered across laps, wooden fence behind subjects, wooden gate, trees and foliage background, straw on ground, natural daylight, eye-level composition, candid breeder portrait, light button-up work shirts, short dark bob haircut, light blond-gray hair, soft contrast, slightly overexposed highlights, realistic, 1970s–1980s look, magazine print texture, newspaper halftone dots, visible paper grain, monochrome, nostalgic farm portrait”ChatGPT on William Wiebe’s “Puppies”