DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)
The Collection of Margo Leavin
DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)

Untitled

Details
DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)
Untitled
blue, daylight, cool white and warm white fluorescent light
width: 96 in. (244 cm.)
Executed in 1969. This work is number one from an edition of five, of which two were fabricated, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich, 1969
Heiner Friedrich Gallery, Cologne
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2007, lot 62
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
M. Govan and T. Bell, eds., Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996, New Haven 2004, p. 283, no. 212 (illustrated as a diagram).
Exhibited
Zürich, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Dan Flavin: fluorescent light, May-June 1969, no. 10.
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Perth, Western Australian Art Gallery; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia and New Zealand, City of Auckland Art Gallery, Some Recent American Art, February-November 1974.
Switzerland, Museum für Gegenwartskunst der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung Basel, White: 20th Century Sculptures and Paintings from the Offentliche Kunstsammlung Basel and the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, January-March 2001, p. 39 (illustrated).

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