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DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)

Lot 290
12.05.2023 16:00UTC -05:00
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$ 700 000
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ID 949891
Lot 290 | DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)
Estimate value
$ 700 000 – 1 000 000
DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)

"monument" for V. Tatlin

cool white fluorescent light

132 x 54 x 5 in. (335.3 x 137.2 x 12.7 cm.)

Conceived in 1964 and fabricated in 2016. This work is number five from an edition of five, of which only three were fabricated, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of Dan Flavin.





Literature

Cinquante espèces d'espaces: oeuvres du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1998, p. 74 (another example illustrated).

G. Panza di Biumo, "La luce, realità iniziale del mondo reale / Light, the Initial Reality of the Real World.” Domus, no. 802, March 1998, pp. 74-77.

M. Govan and T. Bell, eds., Dan Flavin - The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York, 2004, p. 239, no. 66 (another example illustrated).

M. Vertrocq, "Dan Flavin: Singing the Art Electric." Art in America 93, no.1, January 2005, pp. 80-89.

S. Muchnic, "Michael Govan's bright ideas," Los Angeles Times, May 2007.



Exhibited

Los Angeles, MoCA Temporary Contemporary; Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; Bordeaux, CAPC, Museé d'art contemporain and Otterlo, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, 'monuments' for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964-1983, April 1984-January 1986, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).

Houston, Menil Collection, Defining Space, May-September 1995 (another example exhibited).

Milan, Fondazione Prada, Dan Flavin: Opere 1964-1981, November 1997-January 1998, p. 177 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

Buenos Aires, Fundación Proa, Dan Flavin, October-November 1998, p. 82 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

London, Serpentine Gallery, Dan Flavin, August-September 2001, p. 27 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

Dia:Beacon, New York, May 2003-present (long-term installation, another example exhibited).

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; London, Hayward Gallery; Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris; Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, October 2004-August 2007 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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