Artist Monograph

Dan Flavin, American

American, 1933–1996

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	15	46.9%
Drawing	13	40.6%
Ceramics	1	3.1%
Photography	1	3.1%
Etching	1	3.1%
Screenprint	1	3.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	24	75%
Painting & Sculpture	8	25%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 12
Drawing — 12
Sculpture — 8

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	46.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	34.4%
Large (1–3 m)	4	12.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	6.3%

Range: 15.0 cm → 304.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	1
1971	1
1974	1
1975	1
1978	1
1979	1
1987	10
1992	1
1999	1
2002	1
2004	2
2005	4
2006	1
2015	1
2018	2
2023	1
2025	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 413" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 32 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Roses Sculpture Acc. 3.2002.a-b	c. 1962-66	Aerolux Flowerlite light bulb, ceramic flower pot, cord and light switch	8 1/2 x 5 1/4" (21.6 x 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Scott Burton, Agnes Gund and Mrs. Efrem Kurtz Funds
pink out of a corner (to Jasper Johns) Sculpture Acc. 67.1979	1963	Fluorescent light and metal fixture	8' x 6" x 5 3/8" (243.8 x 15.2 x 13.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 11.34 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
"monument" 1 for V. Tatlin Sculpture Acc. 304.1992.a-h	1964	Fluorescent light and metal fixtures	8' x 23 1/8" x 4 1/2" (243.8 x 58.7 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
the diagonal of May 25, 1963 Drawing Acc. 1673.2005	1964	Colored pencil on black paper	9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25.1 x 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Jill's Red Red and Gold of December 9, 1965. Drawing Acc. 102.2004	1965	Colored pencil on paper	19 3/4 x 12 3/4" (50.2 x 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Pink out of a Corner from No. 1 of December 19, 1963 Drawing Acc. 619.1971	October 14, 1965	Pencil and crayon on colored paper	10 x 13" (25.4 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip Johnson
proposition two of May 15, 1964 Drawing Acc. 1674.2005	1965	Colored pencil on paper	12 3/4 x 19 3/4" (32.4 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
A Corner Monument for Those Who Have Been Killed in Ambush (for the Jewish Museum) (to P.K. who reminded me of death) Drawing Acc. 783.2006	1966	Pencil and crayon on paper	8 x 11" (20.3 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston L. McShine
Alternating Pink and "Gold" Drawing Acc. 1423.2018.a-b	1967	Ink on two sheets of paper	each: 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Document for Untitled (to the "innovator" of Wheeling Peachblow) Drawing Acc. 3.1969.2	1968	Ink, colored pencil, and typewriting on graph paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Helena Rubinstein Foundation
untitled Sculpture Acc. 1004.2015	1968	Fluorescent light and metal fixtures	10' (304.8 cm) high ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Beth Swofford
untitled (to the "innovator" of Wheeling Peachblow) Sculpture Acc. 3.1969	1968	Fluorescent light and metal fixtures	8' 1/2" x 8' 1/4" x 5 3/4" (245 x 244.3 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 26.31 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Helena Rubinstein Fund
untitled Sculpture Acc. 114.1975	1969	Fluorescent light and metal fixtures	25 x 25 x 5 3/4" (63.5 x 63.5 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 4.76 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Untitled (to Barnett Newman) one and three Drawing Acc. 103.2004	1971	Ink, colored pencil, and pencil on graph paper	16 x 22" (40.6 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Untitled (To Jean Christophe) Drawing Acc. 1424.2018	1971	Colored pencil, ink, and pencil on paper	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 1 Sculpture Acc. 258.2025	1972	Cool white fluorescent lights	10' × 10' × 4" (304.8 × 304.8 × 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture
Untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 2 Drawing Acc. 1675.2005	1972	Pencil and colored pencil on transparentized graph paper	10 x 22" (25.4 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 382.1999	1973	Crayon and ink on graph paper on paper	17 x 21 3/4" (43.2 x 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.8	1973	Screenprint from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition and sheet: 12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
A Proposed Fountain of Trickling Water with Ultra-Violet Underlighting, in Memory of Pablo Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.60	1974, published 1975	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 10 13/16 x 30 3/16" (27.4 x 76.7cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 30 3/16" (57 x 76.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
The Printer, Larry Scholder, At Work Print Acc. 239.1978	1975	Etching	plate: 7 x 4 15/16" (17.8 x 12.6 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 21 3/4" (75.5 x 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lawrence Scholder
Untitled (2/4/76) Drawing Acc. 1676.2005	1976	Pencil and colored pencil on transparentized graph paper	15 x 20" (38.1 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.1-8	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 10 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.7	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 11 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.8	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 4 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.1	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 5 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.2	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 6 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.3	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 7 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.4	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 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 8 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.5	1978	One from a portfolio of eight drypoints	plate: 4 x 6" (10.2 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 15/16" (28.5 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Second Sails 9 from Second Sails (To James Abbott McNeill Whistler) Print Acc. 130.1987.6	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
untitled (for A.C.) Sculpture Acc. 169.2023	1992	Pink, blue, green and yellow fluorescent light	96" x 96" x 9" (243.8 cm x 243.8 cm x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Promised gift of Milly and Arne Glimcher