Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
On The Edge: Five Decades of American Minimalism
Dan Flavin
The Diagonal of May 25, 1963
Auction Closed
May 19, 10:59 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
On The Edge: Five Decades of American Minimalism
Dan Flavin
1933 - 1996
The Diagonal of May 25, 1963
pink fluorescent light
length of diagonal: 96 in.
243.8 cm.
Executed in 1963, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 of which all were fabricated.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private Collection, London
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
Private Collection, London
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996, New Haven, 2004, no. 20, p. 219, illustrated (diagram)
David Grosz, "Light & Shape, Enough for Everyone," New York Sun, 14 December 2006, p. 13
David Grosz, "Light & Shape, Enough for Everyone," New York Sun, 14 December 2006, p. 13
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Dan Flavin, October - December 2006