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"monument" for V. Tatlin

Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

Dan Flavin, American, b. New York City, 1933–1996

Provenance

Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
Asher Edelman, Switzerland
Vivian Horan Gallery, New York, to 18 September 1995
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 1995

Exhibition History

LOS ANGELES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY. "Monuments for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin, 1964-1982," 21 April-17 June 1984, no. 45, drawing no. 36. Tour: CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. 29 September-25 November 1984; MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE BORDEAUX, France, 1 March-28 April 1985; RIJKSMUEUM KROLLER-MULLER, Otterlo, The Netherlands, 23 November 1985-12 January 1986.
MARY BOONE GALLERY, New York. "Monuments for V. Tatlin from Dan Flavin," 2-30 March, 1991.
MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, Lausanne, Switzerland. "Selection," 10 June-13 October 1991, pp. 60-61, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 47, ill. p. 36.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Refract, Reflect, Project: Light Works from the Collection," 15 February-8 April 2007, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Dan Flavin," 13 February 2015-3 January 2016, no cat.

Published References

ELLEGOOD, ANNE and JOANNA BURTON. The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 2006), ill. p. 61.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 1995

Date

1967

Accession Number

95.18

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Fluorescent lights

Dimensions

96 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 5 in. (244.2 x 50.2 x 12.7 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

American Post-Minimal Sculpture

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 3rd Floor

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2daf815de-7847-4209-b66c-c3fedda790d1

Record ID

hmsg_95.18

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