In a 1987 interview with a group of art critics, Koons referred to the work that was sold last month, calling it “the ‘Jim Beam’ work.” Koons had exhibited this piece – an oversize, stainless steel toy train filled with bourbon – in an exhibition called “Luxury and Degradation,” that, according to the New York Times, examined “shallowness, excess and the dangers of luxury in the high-flying 1980s.”
不过，或许战后艺术的重要性正在与它挑战了我们的观念。这一观点由杰夫·库恩斯（Jeff Koons）明确提出，他的作品也名列此次佳士得拍卖中。在1987年与一群艺术批评家的访谈中，库恩斯提到了上个月被拍卖的那副作品，称之为“‘占边·波本’（Jim Beam）作品”。库恩斯在一次题为“奢侈与退化”（Luxury and Degradation）的展览中展出了这幅作品——一个注满波旁威士忌的超大号不锈钢玩具脑。据《纽约时报》报道，该作品考察了“高飞的20世纪80年代的奢侈品的肤浅、过度与危险。”