Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin was born in New York City in 1933. He died in Riverhead, New York, in 1996.

Art

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Dan Flavin

icon VII (via crucis), 1962–64

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013_1 — Dan Flavin

the diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi), 1963
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024 (2) — Dan Flavin

the nominal three (to William of Ockham), 1963
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Shot_1_var_crop — Dan Flavin

gold, pink and red, red, 1964
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Flavin 058 — Dan Flavin

"monument" 1 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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Flavin 059 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" 7 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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062 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" XI for V. Tatlin, 1964
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FLA_monument Shot_9_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" 12 for V. Tatlin, 1964
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064 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1964
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FLA_monument Shot_8_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1964
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FLA_monument Shot_12_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin VI, 1964
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066 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin XI, 1964
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Placeholder — Dan Flavin

Puerto Rican light (to Jeanie Blake) 2, 1965
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Shot_7 — 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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FLA_monument Shot_7_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966
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FLA_monument Shot_5_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966
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FLA_monument Shot_6_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1966–69
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untitled (to Barbara and Joost), 1966–71
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untitled (to Christina and Bruno), 1966–71
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untitled (to Heidi and Uwe), 1966–71
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untitled (to Janet and Allen), 1966–71
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untitled (to Karin and Walther), 1966–71
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flavin-Untitled-to-Katharina-and-Christoph,-1966-71-Cathy-Carver — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Katharina and Christoph), 1966–71
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untitled (to Pia and Franz), 1966–71
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untitled (to Sabine and Holger), 1966–71
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untitled (to Thordis and Heiner), 1966–71
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159 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
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158 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1968
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200 (1) — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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FLA_monument Shot_4_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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FLA_monument Shot_3_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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FLA_monument Shot_2_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled (to Shirley and Jason), 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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untitled, 1969
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Flavin_untitled 1970 — Dan Flavin

untitled, 1970
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FLA_monument Shot_1_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1970
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untitled, 1971
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Flavin, The European Couples series, 1971–73 — Dan Flavin

The European Couples series, 1971–73
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Shot_4_crop — Dan Flavin

untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 2, 1972
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Placeholder — 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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untitled-1972_Jim_Schaeufele-1 — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 1, 1972
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untitled-1972_Jim_Schaeufele-2 — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 2, 1972
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untitled-1972_Jim_Schaeufele-3B — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 3, 1972
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319 untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg) green_for web — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg), 1972–73
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Flavin, untitled, 1973 — Dan Flavin

untitled, 1973
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[two additional views, both color corrected] — Dan Flavin

untitled (to you, Heiner, with admiration and affection), 1973
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1974
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"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1974
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DFAI Photography — Dan Flavin

untitled (to Robert, Joe and Michael), 1975–81
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FLA_untitled-1976_Photo Bill Jacobson — Dan Flavin

untitled, 1976
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410 — Dan Flavin

untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim) 3, 1977
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418 — Dan Flavin

untitled (to the real Dan Hill) 1b, 1978
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FLA_monument Shot_10_Photo Bill Jacobson_June 2016 — Dan Flavin

"monument" for V. Tatlin, 1981
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FLA_untitled_1996_Shot 4_Photo Bill Jacobson — Dan Flavin

untitled, 1996
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Exhibitions and Projects

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[two additional views, both color corrected] — Exhibition

Dan Flavin

Long-term view, Dia Beacon
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DFAI_Exterior 2_Photo Bill Jacobson — Exhibition

Dan Flavin: icons

April 30, 2015–May 7, 2017, Dia Bridgehampton
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DFAI_Flavin and Hudson River School 1 — Exhibition

Drawing American Light: Dan Flavin and the Hudson River School

April 22–October 17, 2010, Dia Bridgehampton
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FLA_121_LR — Exhibition

Dan Flavin: A Retrospective

October 3, 2004–August 12, 2007, Dia Beacon
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FLA_diagonal of May 25, 1963 — Exhibition

Dan Flavin: (1962/63, 1970, 1996)

May 22, 1997–June 14, 1998, Dia Chelsea
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Flavin European Couples Oren Slor — Exhibition

Dan Flavin: European Couples, and Others

September 14, 1995–June 23, 1996 , Dia Chelsea
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Books

FLA EN_for web — Photo: Ethan Harrison

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.

FLA_for web_Photo Don Stahl — 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

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Wilcox-Flavin — T.J. Wilcox on Dan Flavin and the Hudson River School
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Feher-Flavin — 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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