(to Don Judd, colorist) 5
started 1986, published 1987
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lithograph in blue on gray John Koller HMP handmade paper
Dimensions
sheet: 72.1 x 102.2 cm (28 3/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist
Accession Number
1990.27.7
Art Historical Context
Dan Flavin's *(to Don Judd, color) 5*, started in 1986 and in 1987, is a striking homage to fellow minimalist pioneer Donald Judd. Flavin renowned for his immersive fluorescent light sculptures that transformed galleries into luminous environments, here shifts to printmaking, paying tribute to Judd's mastery of color and form. This lithograph captures the essence of Minimalism's emphasis on purity, scale, and industrial materials, rendered in a bold blue on subtle gray John Koller HMP handmade paper. Printed at the esteemed Gemini G.E.L. workshop in Los Angeles—a hub for artist collaborations...
About the Artist
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was an American minimalist artist known exclusively for his sculptures and installations made from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. Born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, he studied art history at Columbia University and attended the Hans Hofmann School before beginning his artistic career in the early 1960s. Flavin's breakthrough came in 1963 with "the diagon...