Michael Hayden Sold at Auction Prices

Michael HAYDEN (Canadian b. 1943)

LIGHT COMPRESSION, circa 1972. Aluminum-clad box, porcelain sockets, thematic flashers and antique bulbs (incomplete). Overall dimensions: 15" x 15" x 15" / 38.1cm x 38.1cm x 38.1cm.Provenance: private collection, purchased from the artist. Michael Hayden is a Canadian artist noted for his artworks incorporating neon lighting. His best-known commission is Sky's the Limit (1987) at O'Hare International Airport . Other prominent commissions include Arc en Ciel (1978) which was formerly installed at Yorkdale subway station in Toronto.Hayden's work is in the public collections of many museums, including the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, theNetherlands.