Dan Flavin - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, October 11, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Edition Schellmann, Munich
    Private Collection, Germany

  • Exhibited

    New York, Gering & López Gallery, Dan Flavin/Josef Albers, 4 May–14 June 2008 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    Michael Goran and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights: 1961-1996, New York, 2004, no. 659, p. 403 (another example illustrated)
    Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, p. 103 (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Dan Flavin

    American • 1933 - 1996

    Dan Flavin employed commercially-sold fluorescent light tubes in order to produce what he liked to call "situations" or installations. His minimalist approach transcended simplicity through his use of neon colors and thoughtful compositions. With straight-edged light beams, Flavin would often create dynamic arrangements reminiscent of Fred Sandback's work with yarn.

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154

Untitled (to Jörg Schellmann)

blue and pink fluorescent light
244 x 61 x 20 cm (96 1/8 x 24 x 7 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1994, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5, of which 3 were fabricated, and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
£80,000 - 120,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 11 October 2024