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Property from a Prestigious American Collection

Dan Flavin

Untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 1

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Property from a Prestigious American Collection

Dan Flavin

1933 - 1996


Untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 1

cool white fluorescent light

120 by 120 by 4 in.

304.8 by 304.8 by 10.2 cm.

Executed in 1972, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3 all of which were fabricated.


This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Please note this lot will be available for collection from Dun-Rite following the auction and the successful purchaser will be responsible for collection, shipping, and release fees. Please contact Connolly.Bell@sothebys.com with any questions.

Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist)

David Zwirner, New York

Acquired from the above in September 2015 by the present owner

Paul Stitelman, “Gallery Reviews: Flavin, Castelli Downtown,” Arts Magazine 47, no. 3, December 1972, pp. 74-75, illustrated

Laurie Anderson, “Review: Leo Castelli Gallery,” Art News 71, no. 8, December 1972, pp. 76-77

Exh. Cat., St. Louis Art Museum, drawings and diagrams from Dan Flavin 1963-1972, January - March 1973, pp. 86 and 88

Barbara Schwartz, “Letter from New York,” Craft Horizons 33, no. 1, February 1973, p. 60

Lizzie Borden, “New York: Dan Flavin, Leo Castelli Gallery Downtown,” Artforum 11, no. 6, February 1973, p. 82, illustrated

Douglas Crimp, “New York Letter,” Art International 17, no. 2, February 1973, p. 48, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Köln,, Dan Flavin: three installations in fluorescent light/Drei Installationen in floureszierendem Licht, November 1973 - January 1974, p. 59, illustrated

Ingrid Krupka-Burgbacher, Strukturen zeitgenössischer Kunst, Stuttgart 1979, p. 44, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Castelli and His Artists: Twenty-Five Years, April 1982 - February 1983, n.p., illustrated

Exh. Cat., Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, 'monuments' for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin 1964-1982, April 1984 - January 1986, n.p., illustrated

Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Leo Castelli y Sus Artistas, June - October 1987, p. 211, illustrated

Renate Puvogel, “Bild-Objekte oder Licht-Körper,” Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, no. 13, 1991, p. 5, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Luxembourg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Collection: art moderne et contemporain au Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, May - June 1995, p. 53, illustrated

Kira van Lil, Hallen für neue Kunst Schaffhausen, Ostfildern-Ruit 1999, pp. 34-35, illustrated in color

James Meyer, Minimalism, London 2000, p. 144, illustrated in color

Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, eds., Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York 2004, no. 302, pp. 308-309, illustrated in color

Marcia Vetrocq, "Dan Flavin: Singing the Art Electric," Art in America, January 2005, p. 86, illustrated

Christopher Knight, "Painting with Light," Los Angeles Times, 3 April 2005, E29, pp. 38-39, illustrated

Mick Brown, "Tubular Belles," Telegraph Magazine, 14 January 2006, p. 44, illustrated

Jim Farber, "LACMA brings Dan Flavin's work back into the spotlight," Daily News, 20 May 2007, illustrated

Claudine Humblet, L'Art Minimal ou une aventure structurelle aux multiples visages, Milan 2008, p. 247, illustrated

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, an exposition of cool white and warm white circular fluorescent light from Dan Flavin, November 1972 (another example exhibited)

Fort Worth Art Museum, Dan Flavin: installations in fluorescent light 1972-1975, November 1975 - January 1976, pp. 74-75, illustrated (another example exhibited)

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Thirtieth Anniversary: The First Fifteen Years, Part Two, March - April 1987 (another example exhibited)

Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, April - June 1989, p. 313, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Dan Flavin – Lights, October 2012 - August 2013, n.p., illustrated in color, p. 172, p. 174, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Schaffhausen, Hallen für neue Kunst, May 1991 - January 2014 (long term installation) (another example exhibited)

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dan Flavin: A Retrospective, October 2004 - October 2005, p. 76 (another example exhibited)