Dan Flavin

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Description

Dan Flavin
Untitled (to Lucie Rie, master potter)1jjj
pink, blue, yellow and green fluorescent light
72 by 16 3/4 by 24 in. 182.9 by 42.5 by 61 cm.
Executed in 1990, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5, of which only 3 were fabricated and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

London, Waddington Galleries, Dan Flavin, untitled (for Lucie Rie, master potter) 1990 themes and variations, February - March 1990, cat. no. 6, p. 15, illustrated in color
New York, John Good Gallery, Dan Flavin, October - November 1994 (another example exhibited)
Belgium, Patrick de Brock Gallery, Dan Flavin, untitled (for Lucie Rie, master potter) 1990, December 2002 - January 2003
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Die Neue Kunsthalle – Erste Neupräsentation der Sammlung, March - September 2003 (another example exhibited)
New York, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Color, February - March 2005
London, Alan Cristea Gallery, Turned On – Films, Digital Animations and Lightboxes, May - June 2008 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., Frankfurt am Main, Städtische Galerie im Städel, Dan Flavin: Installationen in fluoreszierendem Licht 1989–93, February - August 1993, no. 12, illustrated in color
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961 - 1996, New Haven, 2004, cat. no. 545, p. 376, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., London, Waddington Galleries, Sculpture, 2007, no. 15, p. 13, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and working condition. The aluminum casing appears in good condition apart from minor accretions, faint abrasions and minor wear at the resting points of the sculpture. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work.
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