Lot 168
  • 168

Dan Flavin

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Dan Flavin
  • Untitled
  • pink and yellow fluorescent light
  • 96 by 7 by 5 in. 243.8 by 17.8 by 12.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1964-1976, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5 from which 2 were fabricated and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery; Cologne, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Dan Flavin: Colored Fluorescent Light, March 1976 - January 1977 

Literature

Michael Andre, "Review: Leo Castelli Gallery," Art News 75, No. 7, September 1976, p. 115
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, eds., Dan Flavin - The Complete Lights 1961 - 1996, New York, 2004, cat. no. 377, p. 331, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition and in good working order. There are some minor accretions and light surface scuffs on some of the bulbs and supports. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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