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Dan Flavin

1933

SculptureInstallation ArtMinimalismConceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

157

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Movements

• Installation Art
• Minimalism
• Conceptual Art
• Figuration

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Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback

David Zwirner

2026

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Movement

Installation Art

Medium

Sculpture

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Artworks (42)

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untitled (for A.C.)

1992 · Pink, blue, green and yellow fluorescent light

96" x 96" x 9" (243.8 cm x 243.8 cm x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 5 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 4 x 5 15/16" (10.2 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 14 15/16" (28.4 x 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 4 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 4 x 5 15/16" (10.2 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 14 15/16" (28.4 x 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 11 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 4 1/16 x 5 7/8" (10.3 x 15 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 10 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 3 15/16 x 5 15/16" (10 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 15" (28.6 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · Portfolio of eight drypoints

plate (each): 4 x 6" (10.2 x 15.2 cm); sheet (each): 11 1/4 x 15" (28.6 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 9 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 4 x 5 15/16" (10.2 x 15.1 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 14 15/16" (28.4 x 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Second Sails 6 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler)

1978 · One from a portfolio of eight drypoints

plate: 4 1/16 x 5 7/8" (10.3 x 15 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 14 7/8" (28.4 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

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David Zwirner

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

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Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Columbia University

Visual Arts

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Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Dan Flavin: Grids

2026

Group Exhibition Flavin, Judd, McCracken, Ryman, Sandback

2026

Solo Exhibition Dan Flavin: Grids

2026

Group Exhibition David Zwirner: 30 Years

2024

Solo Exhibition Dan Flavin: Kornblee Gallery 1967

2023