Lot 178
  • 178

Dan Flavin

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Dan Flavin
  • Untitled
  • yellow fluorescent light
  • 73 by 8 1/4 by 4 3/4 in. 185.4 by 21 by 12.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1968, this work is unique and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Galleria Sperone, Turin
Private Collection, Italy
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Sperone, Dan Flavin: lampade fluorescente gialle, March - April 1968

Literature

Germano Celant, ed., Dan Flavin, Turin, 1969, p. 54, illustrated in color
Nicholas and Elena Calas, eds., Icons and Images of the Sixties, New York, 1971, p. 301, illustrated
Anna Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: 35 Anni di mostre tra Europa e America, Turin, 2000, vol. 1, p. 105, illustrated
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, ed., Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996, New York, 2004, no. 166, p. 268, illustrated in color (artist's diagram)

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall and in good working order. There is evidence of wear and handling to the casing, with scattered small nicks and scratches.
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