Robert Clark Indiana - Summer LOVE

Robert Indiana
Born 13.09.1928 New Castle
Summer LOVE
Made of pure virgin wool — hand-tufted
2006

verso with certificate, handwritten numbered,
certificate was signed in print.
In very good condition
Size: approx. 40x40 cm

For numbered objects, the numbering may differ from the photo; you will receive an exemplar from the edition.

The making of hand-tufted rugs requires great craftsmanship. Each piece is finished by a tufting artisan. The form of the rug to be produced is drawn onto the mounted base fabric, and this is produced with high quality and selected, premium materials (pure wool).

Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist and a central figure of the Pop Art movement. He drew inspiration from advertising signs and asserted: “In America there are more signs than trees. There are more signs than leaves. I regard myself as a painter of the American landscape.” In his paintings, sculptures, rugs and prints, he imitates and arranges the words and numbers of a variety of signs, including the Phillips 66 gas station logo and the traffic sign “Yield.” He is best known for his 1964 painting “Love,” which was created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He effectively inserted his own sign into the mix by composing a block from the word—placing the “L” and the “O” on the “V” and the “E.” His “Love” painting was reproduced on a postage stamp in 1973; his “Love” sculptures are installed worldwide in public spaces.

Indiana moved to New York City in 1954 and joined the Pop Art movement. He developed a distinctive visual language that drew on approaches from commercial art and existentialism, gradually turning toward what Indiana calls “sculptural poems.” He has held solo exhibitions in over 40 museums and galleries worldwide. His works are in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including: The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands; the Carnegie Institute, Detroit Institute of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC; the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, among many others.