Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Don Judd colorist) 5

pink and green flourescent tubes, metal fittings
133 x 122.9 x 10.2 cm (52 3/8 x 48 3/8 x 4 in.)
Executed in 1987, this work is number 2 from an intended edition of 5 of which only 3 were fabricated and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance:
Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York
Private Collection, London
Christie's, New York, 11 November 2004, lot 335
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2014, lot 510
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt, Dan Flavin: Hommage à Leo Castelli, 1957-1987, May - June 1987 (another example exhibited)
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Collection Panza: Dan Flavin, June - September 1989 (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Galerie Tanit, Dan Flavin: eine Auswahl neuerer Arbeiten, November 1989 - January 1990 (another example exhibited)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Un Choix d'art minimal dans la collection Panza, July - November 1990, pp. 48-49, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited)
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Dan Flavin, September 1995 - January 1996 (another example exhibited)
Osaka, Gallery Yamagucki, Untitled (to Don Judd, colorist), October - November 1996 (another example exhibited)
North Adams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Test Site, May 1999 - April 2000 (another example exhibited)
London, Serpentine Gallery, Dan Flavin, August - September 2001, pp. 16-17, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited)
New York, Home Alone 2 Gallery, Jimmy Desana and Dan Flavin, September ? October 2013
St Ives, Tate St Ives, Artist Rooms: Dan Flavin, 23 May - 27 September 2015 (another example exhibited)

Literature:
Catherine Francblin, "Dan Flavin", Art Press, no. 116, July - August 1987, p. 80
Maiten Bouisset, "L'Espace au neon de Dan Flavin", Beaux Arts, no. 90, May 1991, p. 73 (another example illustrated)
Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light, exh. cat.,Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1999, pp. 82-83 (another example illustrated)
"Fluorescent Light Being Installed", Independent, London, 23 August 2001, p. 1 (another example illustrated)
Frank Whitford, "New Lamps for Old," Sunday Times, London, 2 September 2001, Sec. 9, pp. 14-15 (another example illustrated)
Catherine Croft, "Floor Show," World of Interiors, February 2004, p. 79 (another example illustrated)
Michael Govan and Tiffany Bell, Dan Flavin The Complete Lights 1961-1996, New York, 2004, no. 487, p. 363 (illustrated diagram)