1966.66: New One, No. 3

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.66

People

Dan Flavin, American (Jamaica NY 1933 - 1996 Riverhead, NY)

Title

New One, No. 3

Other Titles

Alternate Title: A New "One", No. 3

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1964

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308833

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on white wove paper, sprayed with fixative

Dimensions

actual: 28 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: DF 5 31 64
• inscription: l.r., graphite, signed, in artist's hand: New One / for one two three and one wall floor ceiling / recall the black and the white of July 18, 1962 / DF / 5 31 64 / 3
• inscription: u.l., graphite, in artist's hand: 20 W lamp to slide laterally / white light / domestic cream colored enamel paint / plywood, masonite / and pine

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dan Flavin, Cold Spring, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dan Flavin, in memory of David John Flavin (1933-1962)

Copyright

© Estate of Dan Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.66

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Dan Flavin: Fluorescent Light, exh. cat., National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Canada, 1969), reproduced in b/w

Exhibition History

• New York Regional Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art (NY), New York, 01/01/1964 - 12/31/1964
• Dan Flavin, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 09/11/1969 - 10/19/1969; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 11/12/1969 - 12/14/1969; Jewish Museum, New York, 01/20/1970 - 03/01/1970

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