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Untitled (to Barnett Newman)

1973

Dan Flavin

American, 1933 - 1996

Fluorescent lamps and fixtures

8' high, 2' wide across a corner

Gift of Anne Gerber

2005.185

Provenance: John Weber Gallery, New York, NY, 1973; Anne Gerber, Seattle, Washington, 1973-2005

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States", March 16 - October 27, 2013

Montreal, Quebec, Centre International d'Art Contemporain, "Lumières: Preception/Projection" 1 August - 2 November, 1986

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "American Sculpture: Three Decades" 15 November 1984 - 27 January 1985

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "American Art: Third Quarter Century, 1948-1973" 23 August - 14 October, 1973

New York, NY, John Weber Gallery, "Dan Flavin: more circular fluorescent light, etc." 17 February - 7 March 1973

Published ReferencesGovan, Michael and Bell, Tiffany, "Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights" 1961-1996, Yale University Press, cat. no. 326, p.317

Puvogel, Renate "Bild-Objekte oder Licht-Körper" in Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst (1991): cat. no. 13, p. 12

"Lumières: Preception/Projection", Centre d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec 1986: p. 73, reproduction reversed

van der Marck, Jan, "American Art: Third Quarter Century", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1973, cat. no. 20, illus. p. 89

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