Dan Flavin

Untitled (a)
1974

A minimalist sketch of a rectangular frame with rounded corners and two circles at the top corners, possibly representing eyes. The lines are thin and lightly drawn, with some shading around the circles and corners. There is handwritten text at the bottom left corner, which appears to be a signature and date, indicating the artwork was created in 1974. The background is plain white.
A minimalist sketch of a rectangular frame with rounded corners and two circles at the top corners, possibly representing eyes. The lines are thin and lightly drawn, with some shading around the circles and corners. There is handwritten text at the bottom left corner, which appears to be a signature and date, indicating the artwork was created in 1974. The background is plain white.

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Date
1974

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 1/8 × 29 15/16in. (56.2 × 76 cm) Image: 14 × 20in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)

Accession number
2006.77.1

Edition
AP

Publication
Printed by Styria Studio, Inc.; published by Multiples, Inc.; published by Castelli Graphics

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Dan Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

API
artworks/28093

Part of a series:
-for one walled circular fluorescent light, 1974 (to Heiner Friedrich)
5 works

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A minimalist sketch of a rectangular frame with rounded corners and two circles at the top corners, possibly representing eyes. The lines are thin and lightly drawn, with some shading around the circles and corners. There is handwritten text at the bottom left corner, which appears to be a signature and date, indicating the artwork was created in 1974. The background is plain white.

Dan Flavin
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