Jeff Koons
J.B. Turner Engine1986

Not on view

Polished silver-metal decorative sculpture of a 19th-century steam locomotive on a short section of track, with engraved inscription 'J.B. TURNER' on the cab

Jeff Koons, J.B. Turner Engine, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Jeff Koons
Title: J.B. Turner Engine
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1986
Medium: Steel, edition of 3
Dimensions: a) Train: 6 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (16.51 x 43.82 x 13.34 cm); b) Screw cap diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm); c) Smoke stack: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.43 x 6.99 cm); d) Tracks: 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (3.81 x 36.83 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number: M.2005.38.26a-d
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography: Barron, Stephanie, Michel Draguet, and Sara Cochran. Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Belgium: Ludion, 2006.

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Jeff Koons
J.B. Turner Engine1986

Not on view

Jeff Koons, J.B. Turner Engine, 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Jeff Koons
Title: J.B. Turner Engine
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1986
Medium: Steel, edition of 3
Dimensions: a) Train: 6 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (16.51 x 43.82 x 13.34 cm); b) Screw cap diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm); c) Smoke stack: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.43 x 6.99 cm); d) Tracks: 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (3.81 x 36.83 x 16.51 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert H. Halff through the Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Accession Number: M.2005.38.26a-d
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography: Barron, Stephanie, Michel Draguet, and Sara Cochran. Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Belgium: Ludion, 2006.