Dan Flavin

Pace Wildenstein, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Luciano Fabro, Dan Flavin, Mario Merz, Pino Pascali, September - October 1995 (edition unknown)
New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Sculpture,  February - March 2003, (another example)
New York, Pace Wildenstein, Summer Travels, July - September 2003
New York, Pace Wildenstein, Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art, February - March 2005, p. 45, illustrated
East Hampton, Guild Hall, Dan Flavin: An Intimate View, June - July 2007

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, MoCA Temporary Contemporary (and traveling), 'monument' for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964 - 1983, 1984, pl. no. 45, illustrated (edition unknown)
Exh. Cat., Lausanne, FAE Musée d'art contemporain, Selection: oeuvres de la collection, 1986, p. 61, illustrated in color (titled Untitled (Monument 1 for V. Tatlin)) (another example)
Exh. Cat., Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Traum vom Absoluten/Dream of the Absolute, 1994, p. 53, illustrated in color (titled Untitled (Monument 1 for V. Tatlin)) (edition unknown)
Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions, 1992 - 1996, 1997, p. 36, illustrated (another example)
Exh. Cat., Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Light, Dan Flavin, 1998, p. 16, illustrated (another example)
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961 - 1996, New Haven and London, 2004, cat. no. 142, p. 262, illustrated
David Cohen, "Arts & Letters-Gallery Going: When the Rule Ruled," New York Sun, March 3, 2005, p. 19
Jane Harris, "The ruling class: Seeking the poetic potential of neutral signs", New York Village Voice, March 16-22, 2005, p. 8 (Voices Choices), illustrated
Holland Cotter, "Art in Review: 'Logical Conclusions'", The New York Times, March 18, 2005, p. E42, illustrated

This work is in excellent condition overall. There are minor soft rubs, nicks and faint scratches to the metal fixtures as is to be expected. On the right lateral facing edge there is a dent located 37 – 38 in. from the top with minor attendant cracks to the white enamel. The plastic brackets are all in tact and in good working order. This work is wired for US electrical current.
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