Contemporary Art Evening Auction

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Lot 26
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Dan Flavin

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Dan Flavin
  • Untitled (To Donna)
  • blue, yellow and pink fluorescent light
  • 244 by 61 by 30.1cm.
  • 96 by 24 by 11 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1973, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5 (3 fabricated).

Provenance

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, John Weber Gallery, More Circular Light, etc., from Dan Flavin, 1973

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, American Masters of the 60s: Early and Late Works, 1990, p. 43, illustration of another example in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Seattle, Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, 1999, p. 200
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996, New Haven and London 2004, no. 327, illustrated (diagram)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the horizontal bulbs are more blue and the pinks have slightly more soft orange tones in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to fully convey the three dimensional nature of the sculpture. Condition: This work is in very good condition and in good working order. It has been converted and is wired for the UK.
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Catalogue Note

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

"The gaze cannot rest upon a sculpture by Dan Flavin.  Focusing is impossible, for the gaze is always drawn beyond the ambiguous and indeterminate limits of space and of the work itself.  From among the tactile and visual characteristics of fluorescent light, the artist uses heat and luminosity, therefore rendering the created sculpture untouchable".  Marc Pottier, Dan Flavin, Centro Cultural Light, Rio de Janeiro 1998, p. 24