Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was born in New York City in 1933. He died in Riverhead, New York, in 1996.
Art
Dan Flavin
icon VII (via crucis), 1962–64
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Dan Flavin
the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi), 1963
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Dan Flavin
the nominal three (to William of Ockham), 1963
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Dan Flavin
gold, pink and red, red, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin VI, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin XI, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1964
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"monument" 1 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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"monument" 7 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" XI for V. Tatlin, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" 12 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1964
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Dan Flavin
Puerto Rican light (to Jeanie Blake) 2, 1965
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Dan Flavin
monument 4 for those who have been killed in ambush (to P.K. who reminded me about death), 1966
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966–69
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Karin and Walther), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Thordis and Heiner), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Sabine and Holger), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Pia and Franz), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Katharina and Christoph), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Janet and Allen), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Heidi and Uwe), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Christina and Bruno), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Barbara and Joost), 1966–71
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Dan Flavin
untitled (monument for V. Tatlin), 1967
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Shirley and Jason), 1969
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untitled, 1969
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1970
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untitled, 1970
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untitled, 1971
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The European Couples series, 1971–73
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untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 3, 1972
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untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 2, 1972
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 1, 1972
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Dan Flavin
The final finished diagram of the triangularly massed cool white circular fluorescent light dedicated, "(to a man, George McGovern) 1", 1972
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 2, 1972
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg), 1972–73
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to you, Heiner, with admiration and affection), 1973
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untitled, 1973
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1974
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1974
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Dan Flavin
untitled (to Robert, Joe and Michael), 1975–81
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untitled, 1976
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untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim) 3, 1977
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untitled (to the real Dan Hill) 1b, 1978
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Dan Flavin
"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1981
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Dan Flavin
untitled, 1996
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Exhibition
Dan Flavin
October 30, 2015–September 23, 2024, Dia Beacon
Dan Flavin
Exhibition
Dan Flavin: icons
April 30, 2015–May 7, 2017, Dia Bridgehampton
Dan Flavin: icons
Exhibition
Drawing American Light: Dan Flavin and the Hudson River School
April 22–October 17, 2010, Dia Bridgehampton
Drawing American Light: Dan Flavin and the Hudson River School
Exhibition
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
October 3, 2004–August 12, 2007, Dia Beacon
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
Exhibition
Dan Flavin: (1962/63, 1970, 1996)
May 22, 1997–June 14, 1998, Dia Chelsea
Dan Flavin: (1962/63, 1970, 1996)
Exhibition
Dan Flavin: European Couples, and Others
September 14, 1995–June 23, 1996, Dia Chelsea
Dan Flavin: European Couples, and Others
Books
Dan Flavin: A Retrospective
Tiffany Bell and Michael Govan
This landmark book features the artist’s most significant light works, plus reproductions of Flavin's drawings.
Photo: Don Stahl
Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961–1996
Tiffany Bell and Michael Govan
A complete study of the stunning light works by Dan Flavin.
Watch & Listen
Tony Feher on Dan Flavin
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Tony Feher on Dan Flavin
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T.J. Wilcox on Dan Flavin and the Hudson River School
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