About the Artwork
One of the first artists to experiment with light as a medium, Flavin places seven fluorescent tubes in a symmetrical, vertical arrangement. This work is one in a series of tributes he made to the Russian constructivist artist Vladimir Tatlin and his colossal sculpture Monument to the Third International.
Monument for V. Tatlin
1969
Dan Flavin
1933-1996
American
Unknown
Fluorescent tubes and light fixtures
Overall: 119 × 23 × 4 inches (302.3 × 58.4 × 10.2 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, James Pearson Duffy Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant
80.104
© 2005 Estate of Dan Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Provenance
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Celant, Germano. Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, Land Art. Exh. cat., Galleria Civica d' Arte Moderna. Turin, 1970, p. 137 (ill.).
Celant, Germano. "Dan Flavin." DOMUS 519 (February 1973): p. 45 (ill.).
"Family Art Game." DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News/Detroit Free Press (April 18, 1982): p 12 (ill.).
Froment, Jean-Louis. Art Minimal I. Exh. cat., CAPC, Musee d'art contemporain. Bordeaux, France, 1985, p. 39 (ill.).
Dan Flavin: "Monuments" for V. Tatlin, 1964-1982. Exh. cat., Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller. Otterlo, 1985 (ill.).
Hindry, Ann. "Dan Flavin: 'Le Pur Vase d'aucun breuvage...'" ARTSTUDIO 6 (Fall 1987): p. 109 (ill.).
Cinquante Especes d'Espaces: Oeuvres du Centre Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne. Exh. cat., Centres Georges Pompidou. Paris, 1998, p. 75 (ill.).
Die Stiftung des Galerie-Vereins zur Forderung der Staatlichen Bayerischen Museen Prasentiert Drei Meisterwerke. Exh. cat., Stiftung des Galerie-Vereins. Munich, 1999 (ill.).
Phillips, Lisa. The American Century, Art and Culture 1900-2000, Part II: 1950-2000. Exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, 1999, p. 154 (ill.).
Thierolf, Corinna. Amerikanische Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts in der Pinakothek der Moderne. Germany, 2002, p. 123 (ill.).
Cooke, Lynne and Michael Govan. DIA: Beacon. New York, 2003, pp. 137-140.
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© 2005 Estate of Dan Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Dan Flavin, Monument for V. Tatlin, 1969, fluorescent tubes and light fixtures. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, James Pearson Duffy Fund and National Endowment for the Arts Matching Museum Purchase Grant, 80.104.
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