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The work, measuring 66 by 32 feet, was a gigantic blue-and-white striped drape that hung from the top of the rotunda. It was Mr. Buren's contribution to the Sixth Guggenheim International, an important exhibition that signaled the arrival of a post-Pop generation of artists who fabricated artworks from rubber, lead, fluorescent tubes and plywood. Led by Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, 5 of the 17 artists in the show complained that Mr. Buren's big banner would prevent viewers at certain vantage points from seeing their works and demanded it be removed. The day before the opening, the museum capitulated, and it was taken away.