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List of light sculptures by Dan Flavin

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American artist Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was best known for creating minimalist sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. He created hundreds of individual works and installations throughout his career, including editioned sculptures, permanent installations, and site-specific works. Below are chronological, though possibly incomplete, lists of light works by Flavin. These lists do not include Flavin's works on paper.

The majority of Flavin's extant light sculptures are listed under the "Works" section. Permanent installations are included on the main list and a separate list of permanent works. Flavin exhibited and published numerous works that were never permanently fabricated or sold in their full edition or at all. For each work listed below, edition sizes and the number of fabricated works are included.

Details about individual works - including medium, dimension, and edition size - are primarily sourced from the public collections which own many of Flavin's works, as well as the catalogue raisonné of Flavin's light sculptures published by the Dia Art Foundation in 2004.[1]

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Works

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These lists include every work Flavin conceptualized and executed during his lifetime, as well as several works conceptualized before his death and executed posthumously at his direction. Every work on this list was fabricated at least once for an exhibition, installation, or other presentation. The number of works fabricated refers to the number of times the work was fabricated permanently and sold, gifted, or transferred to a collector, museum, or other party; works with 0 fabrications were only fabricated during Flavin's life temporarily for one or more exhibitions. Edition sizes refer to the number of editions of a work intended to be fabricated; Flavin often did not complete the number of intended editions and sometimes produced additional versions beyond the numbered edition, or produced works in multiples without an official numbered edition.[2]

Abbreviations: NE = Non-editioned; CR = catalogue raisonné

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Permanent installations

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From 1975, Flavin installed permanent site-specific works in Europe and the United States. Below are Flavin's works intended to be permanent installations; each work is also included in the above list. De-installed permanent works are listed separately.

Extant installations

  • 101 Spring Street, New York (former residence of artist Donald Judd, collection of the Judd Foundation)[209]
    • untitled (1970); Blue and red fluorescent light; 14 units, each 96 × 96 × 3 1/2 in (243.8 × 243.8 × 8.9 cm)[402]
  • Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland[249]
    • untitled (in memory of Urs Graf) (1972, installed 1975); Yellow, pink, green, and blue fluorescent light; Eight sections, four sections: 8 ft (244 cm) high, four sections: 44 ft (13.4 m) high[248]
  • Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
    • (quietly, to the memory of Mia Visser) (1977); Blue and ultraviolet fluorescent light (tubes, fixtures with acrylic covers); 86 ft 7 in (26.4 m)[403]
  • Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
    • untitled (for Betty and Richard Kosahalek, a friendly reminder) (1979); Green, yellow, blue and pink fluorescent light; First section: approx. 40 × 60 ft (12.2 × 18.3 cm), second section: approx. 12 × 25 ft (366 × 760 cm)[306]
  • James Martin Fitzgerald United States Courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska (collection of General Services Administration)[307]
    • untitled (to Stephen) (1979–1980); Pink and green fluorescent lights; First section: 48 ft (14.65 m) wide, second section: 60 ft (18.3 m) long diagonal[306]
  • Dia Bridgehampton (formerly the Dan Flavin Art Institute), Bridgehampton, New York; 10 works on permanent display since 1983, all collection of Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York, except red out of a corner (to Annina) (collection of Dan Flavin Estate); Overall installation referred to by Dia as nine sculptures in fluorescent light (1963–1981);[404]
    • red out of a corner (to Annina) (1963); Red fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) high;[33] Ed. 2/3[405]
    • untitled (to Katharina and Christoph) (1966–1971); Green fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) square across a corner;[126][125] Ed. 1/5[405]
    • untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 1 (1972); Cool white fluorescent light; 9 ft (274 cm) high;[243][244] Ed. 1/3[405]
    • untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 2 (1972); Daylight fluorescent light; 16 ft (488 cm) high;[246][245] Ed. 1/3[405]
    • untitled (to Jim Schaeufele) 3 (1972); Warm white fluorescent light; 10 ft (305 cm) high;[246][247] Ed. 1/3[405]
    • untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg) (1972–73); Yellow and green fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) high, in a corridor measuring 8 ft (244 cm) high and 8 ft (244 cm) wide, length variable;[250][251] Ed. 2/3[405]
    • untitled (1976); Pink, green, and blue fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) high, leaning;[282][283] Ed. 2/3[405]
    • untitled (in honor of Harold Joachim) 3 (1977); Pink, yellow, blue, and green fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) square across a corner;[295][294] Ed. 1/3[405]
    • untitled (to Robert, Joe and Michael) (1975–81); Pink and yellow fluorescent light; 8 ft (244 cm) wide, in a corridor measuring 8 ft (244 cm) high and 8 ft (244 cm) wide, length variable;[279][277] Ed. 2/3[405]
  • Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
    • untitled (to the people of Baden-Baden, respectfully) (1989); Red and yellow fluorescent light; Five sections, 16 ft (488 cm) height each[340]
  • Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich[383]
    • untitled (1994); Yellow fluorescent light; Ten units, 4 ft (122 cm) high each[382]
  • Hypo-Haus annex building, Munich (collection of Hypovereinsbank)
    • untitled (to Janet Chamberlain) (1995); Pink, yellow, blue and green fluorescent light; 4 ft (122 cm) wide[392]
  • Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
    • untitled (1996); Blue and green fluorescent light; 6 ft (183 cm), 8 ft (244 cm), and 12 ft (366 cm) high[393]
  • Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany[406]
    • untitled (1996); Blue and green fluorescent light; Four sections, sections one–three: 24 ft (732 cm) high each, 4 ft (12 cm) wide each, fourth section: 52 ft (15.85 m) wide[395]
  • UBS Office, Bern, Switzerland (collection of UBS)
    • untitled (1996); Pink, blue, and green fluorescent lights; Three sections, first section: 36 ft (11 m) wide, sections two–three: 8 ft (244 cm) high[395]
  • Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa, Milan
    • untitled (1996); Green, ultraviolet, blue, pink, and yellow fluorescent light; Nave: two sections, 92 ft (28 m) wide each, transept: two sections, 32 ft (975 cm) wide each, apse: two sections, 32 ft (975 cm) high each
  • Menil Collection, Houston
    • untitled (1996); Green fluorescent light; Two sections, 184 ft (56 m) wide each[400]
    • untitled (1996); Daylight fluorescent light; Two sections, 16 ft (488 cm) long diagonal each[400]
    • untitled (1996); Pink, yellow, green, blue, and ultraviolet fluorescent light; Two sections, 8 ft (244 cm) high each, approx. 128 ft (39 m) wide each[400]
  • Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas[401]
    • untitled (Marfa project) (1996); Pink, green, yellow, and blue fluorescent lights; Six buildings, two sections each: 8 ft (244 cm) long diagonal in corridors with walls measuring 8 ft (244 cm) long diagonal and spaced 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m) apart[400]

Formerly installed works

  • Grand Central Terminal, New York; de-installed 1986
    • untitled (1976–1977); Pink, daylight, and yellow fluorescent light; Three sections, approx. 1000 ft (300 m) long each[288]
  • Brooklyn Commons (formerly the MetroTech Center), Brooklyn, New York; de-installed 2018
    • untitled (to Tracy Harris) (1992); Red, yellow, green, ultraviolet, blue, and daylight fluorescent lights; Four sections, first section: 136 ft (41.45 m) wide, second section: 136 ft (41.45 m) wide, third section: three parts, 32 ft (976 cm) wide each, fourth section: six parts, 4 ft (122 cm) wide each[378]
  • 548 W 22nd St, Chelsea, Manhattan (collection of Dia Art Foundation)[394]
    • untitled (1996); Blue and green fluorescent light; two sections, each approx. 62 ft (19 m) high[395]
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