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"monument" for V. Tatlin

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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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
(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
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Record ID
hmsg_95.18
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2daf815de-7847-4209-b66c-c3fedda790d1

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