DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996), untitled (monument for V. Tatlin)

DAN FLAVIN (1933-1996)
untitled (monument for V. Tatlin)
cool white fluorescent light
95 7/8 x 32 ¼ x 4 5/8in. (243.5 x 82 x 11.8cm.)
Conceived in 1968 and fabricated under the supervision of the artist in 1989. This work is number one from an edition of five, of which two were fabricated.

Provenance
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.
The Refco Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1989).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 November 1998, lot 30.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Private Important European Collection

Literature
S. Taylor (ed.), The Refco Collection, Chicago 1990, p. 190.
F. De Vuono, 'Review: Dan Flavin, Mary Boone Gallery', in Art News 90, no. 7, September 1991 (another example from the edition illustrated, p. 127).
M. Govan and T. Bell, Dan Flavin, The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York 2004, no. 160 (diagram illustrated, p. 267).

Exhibited
New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Dan Flavin: Tatlin Monuments, 1991.
Athens, Galerie Jean Bernier, Dan Flavin: Selected Works, 1991 (another example from the edition exhibited).
Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts "the factory", Everything That's Interesting Is New: The Dakis Joannou Collection, 1996, p. 100 (another example from the edition exhibited and reversed image illustrated in colour, p. 101). This exhibition later travelled to Copenhagen, Museum of Modern Art and New York, Guggenheim Museum Soho.

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