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Models of three train engines with writing on the side of each.

Three model steam engines are mounted horizontally on the wall each placed a slight angle to the others. Each model has a pilot or cowcatcher on the front, the first two have a lantern, each have a silver banded chimney, a silver bell, a round horizontal tube on a base, and a shorter round projection in front of cabin with two windows, an open square box is at the end. The first engine reads “Fluxus Express,” the second reads “Ulan-Bator”, the third reads “Wiesbaden.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.211
People
Nam June Paik, American (Seoul, South Korea 1932 - 2006 Miami, FL)
Title
Fluxus Express
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1977
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/351489

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1100, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Sixties Experiment/Multiple Strategies
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plastic model trains with oil paint inscriptions
Dimensions
approx.: 28.6 x 284.5 x 15.9 cm (11 1/4 x 112 x 6 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund, and the Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Copyright
© Nam June Paik Estate
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.211
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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