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Lot 389
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Dan Flavin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dan Flavin
  • Untitled (to Rainer) 4
  • cool white and daylight fluorescent light
  • 228 by 14 by 9cm.; 89 3/4 by 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1987, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5, of which 3 works were fabricated.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany (acquired in the early 1990s)

Literature

Catherine Francblin, "Dan Flavin", Art Press,1987, p. 80, no. 116, illustration of another example
Tiffany Bell and Michael Govan, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York 2004, p. 364, no. 494, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition and good working order. Upon close inspection, there are a few media accretions adhering to the bulbs and fittings in places.
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