Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Love

Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018), Love, 1975.

Color screen print on heavy-weight paper, 73.5 × 76.6 cm, not signed or numbered. Condition: age-appropriate.
The graphic is offered as a freestanding piece in a specially crafted display case/picture frame.

Provenance: Private collection USA, private collection Netherlands, private collection Berlin

This Love screen print is likely a proof print for Indiana's famous Philadelphia Love. The condition is appropriate for its age. Please examine the photos carefully.

Biography

The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is considered the most important representative of sign art.
Robert Indiana, originally Robert Clark, was born in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana. The boy was adopted by the Clark couple immediately after birth and spent his childhood near Indiana. From 1958, he called himself Robert Indiana.
Indiana is establishing a studio on Coenties Slip at the Lower East River. Artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Jack Youngerman, Ann Wilson, Charles Hinman, and Fred Mitchell also live here — these artists are united in their rejection of gestural Abstract Expressionism.
Especially Ellsworth Kelly significantly influences Robert Indiana (Robert Clark) in this way. The young artist soon begins painting his first works in the strict style of Hard Edge (1957).
In 1960, Robert Indiana made a groundbreaking discovery: he found stencils similar to those used for labeling shipping crates and created from them the stencil-like script as a motif for his works. The characteristic 'signal art style' of Robert Indiana emerged and soon also referenced other sources such as signs or jukeboxes. This brought Robert Indiana closer to pop art.
In the 1960s, Robert Indiana was extremely successful. Especially his 'LOVE' motif became a true icon of those years and was even transformed into a monumental sculpture in 1970.
Works by Robert Indiana can be seen in major international museums, such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Robert Indiana lived and worked on Vinalhaven Island in Maine until his death in 2018.

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