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Dan Flavin

Untitled

Maker

Dan Flavin (American, 1933-1996)

Title

Untitled

Year

ca. 1970

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

fluorescent light

Dimensions

8.3 x 121.9 x 19.1 cm (3 1/4 x 48 x 7 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.14

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Everyday Things
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Apr 13, 2012 – Feb 24, 2013

Label copy

A key figure in the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Dan Flavin worked exclusively with off-the-shelf fluorescent light tubes to create sculptures that use light, color, and simple geometric configurations to explore the visual and physical experiences of perception. Installed horizontally across the corner of the room, the fluorescent tubes cast a haloed diamond of red and blue light that activates the surrounding gallery space.

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Tombstone

Dan Flavin (American, 1933-1996)
Untitled, ca. 1970
Fluorescent light (blue and red)
8.3 x 121.9 x 19.1 cm (3 1/4 x 48 x 7 1/2 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2003.14

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