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Dan Flavin
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Dan Flavin
- Untitled (to S. A., Lovingly)
- blue and red fluorescent light
- 48 by 48 by 7 in. 121.9 by 121.9 by 17.8 cm.
- Executed in 1987, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5 from which 3 were fabricated and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticty signed by the artist.
Provenance
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, United States
Acquired by the present owner from the above
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, United States
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Seattle, Donald Young Gallery, Dan Flavin: Selected Works 1964-1990, January - March 1994 (another example exhibited)
Bellevue Art Museum, Luminous: Light as Material, Medium and Metaphor, January - June 2001 (another example exhibited)
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas Collects Contemporary, May - October 2008
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Malevich and the American Legacy, March - April 2011, p. 81, illustrated in color
Literature
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, eds., Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996, New Haven and London, 2004, cat. no. 503, p. 366, illustrated in color (artist's diagram)
Condition
This work is in very good, sound and working condition overall. There is light wear and handling to the metal casing with scattered nicks and abrasions. The plastic connector on the lower right corner has been repaired.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"What has art been for me? In the past, I have known it (basically) as a sequence of implicit decisions to combine traditions of painting and sculpture in architecture with acts of electric light defining space." - Dan Flavin