MCA – Collection: Jeff Koons, Lifeboat, 1985

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On view

Images of Jeff Koons, Lifeboat

Jeff Koons, American, b. 1955
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.

Jeff Koons, American, b. 1955
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
Sat, Oct 21, 2017–Sun, Apr 14, 2019
1. 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
Sat, Nov 21, 2015–Sun, Jun 5, 2016
Everything’s Here: Jeff Koons and His Experience of Chicago
Sat, Jun 14, 2008–Sun, Oct 26, 2008
Jeff Koons
Sat, May 31, 2008–Sun, Sep 21, 2008
Upon an Ether Sea: Water and Ship Imagery from the MCA Collection
Sat, May 26, 2007–Sun, Sep 9, 2007
Jeff Koons: Works 1979–1988
Fri, Jul 1, 1988–Sun, Aug 28, 1988

Audio

Audio Tour:
Everything’s Here: Jeff Koons and his experience of Chicago
Mon, Oct 27, 2008
00:16:14

Blog

From the Archives: Interview with Jeff Koons
Tue, Jul 29, 2014
In 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,...
1. Short A close up image of a man in the midst of speaking.
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Publications

Jeff Koons
2008

Collection

On view
Jeff Koons, Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985