Lot 189
  • 189

DAN FLAVIN | Untitled (To Lucie Rie, Master Potter) 1c

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dan Flavin
  • Untitled (To Lucie Rie, Master Potter) 1c
  • cool white and blue fluorescent light
  • 182.9 by 42.5 by 70 cm. 72 by 17 by 24 in.
  • Executed in 1990, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5.

Provenance

De Brock Patrick Gallery, Knokke-Heist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, Unititled (to Lucie Rie, Master Potter), Themes and Variations, February - March 1990, n.p., no. 8, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
New York, John Good Gallery, Dan Flavin, October - November 1994 (ed. no. unknown)
London, Hayward Gallery, Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, January - April 2006 (ed. no. unknown)

Literature

Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York 2004, p. 372, no. 530, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is lighter and brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition and full working order. Extremely close inspection reveals a few extremely thin and superficial scratches to the metal casing and some tiny media accretions in places.
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