Jeff Koons, Lifeboat, 1985
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Lifeboat, 1985
Bronze
Installed: 15 ¼ × 61 ¼ × 92 ½ in. (38.7 × 155.6 × 235 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection, 1995.56.a-c
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

- Short An inflatable raft with extended oars, reproduced in bronze, rests on a gray floor.
Lifeboat, 1985
Bronze
Installed: 15 ¼ × 61 ¼ × 92 ½ in. (38.7 × 155.6 × 235 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gerald S. Elliott Collection, 1995.56.a-c
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Exhibitions
- Heaven and Earth: Alexander Calder and Jeff Koons–
- Short Small white circles connected by thin wire balance opposite a thicker orange wire weighted by an orange rudder-like shape hanging from the edge of a white table.
- Surrealism: The Conjured Life–
- Short Two creatures with human legs and fish heads nestle together while seated on a stone by the seashore.
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- From the Archives: Interview with Jeff KoonsIn this excerpted interview on the occasion of his exhibition at the MCA, Jeff Koons: Works 1979–1988 (Jul 1–Aug 28, 1988), Jeff Koons speaks about banality as a tool, consumerism,...
- Short A close up image of a man in the midst of speaking.
Publications
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- Jeff Koons, Pink Panther, 1988
- Short A sculpture of a shirtless, pale-skinned person with medium-length blond hair covers one side of their chest with their hand. The other side of their chest is covered by a large pink cat standing on its hind legs.
- Jeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986
- Short A stainless-steel sculpture of a rabbit holding a carrot has been polished to a high sheen so that a large gallery is reflected across its surface. The rabbit's shape and proportions are reminiscent of those of an inflatable toy.
- Jeff Koons, Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985
- Short Three identical basketballs are suspended equidistantly in a rectangular fish tank that rests horizontally on a stand with black legs.