Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Hirschhorn
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Robert Indiana, Hirschhorn, colour screenprint, limited edition, edition 100, 1974, 82.5 × 65.3 cm.
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Robert Indiana (1928-2018), Hirschhorn, 1974.
Colored screenprint, 82.5 x 65.3 cm, numbered and signed. Edition 99/100.
Published by the Smithsonian Institution for the opening exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Provenance: Private collection, Netherlands; Private collection, Berlin.
Condition: Age-appropriate, good condition. Minor foxing on the lower and upper image margins outside the motif. Craquelures in the blue color area. Photos are part of the condition report.
Biography
The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is regarded as the most important representative of sign language art.
Robert Indiana, born as Robert Clark in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana, comes into the world. The boy is adopted by the Clark couple shortly after birth and spends his childhood near Indiana. From 1958 he calls himself Robert Indiana.
Indiana takes up a studio at Coenties Slip on the Lower East River. Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Jack Youngerman, Ann Wilson, Charles Hinman, and Fred Mitchell also live here — these artists united in their rejection of gestural Abstract Expressionism.
Particularly Ellsworth Kelly profoundly influences Robert Indiana (Robert Clark) on this path. The young artist soon paints early pictures in the hard-edge style (1957).
In 1960 Robert Indiana makes a forward-looking discovery: he finds stencils used for labeling shipping crates and creates from them the stenciled lettering as a leitmotif of his works. The characteristic "Signalkunst-Stil" of Robert Indiana emerges and soon also refers to other sources such as signage or jukeboxes. In this way, Robert Indiana also moves closer to Pop Art.
In the 1960s, Robert Indiana is extraordinarily successful. Especially his "LOVE" motif becomes a true icon of these years and was even transformed into a monumental sculpture in 1970.
Works by Robert Indiana can be seen in important international museums, such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, or the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Robert Indiana lived and worked on the island of Vinalhaven in Maine until his death in 2018.
The print is shipped flat, hence somewhat higher shipping costs.
Robert Indiana (1928-2018), Hirschhorn, 1974.
Colored screenprint, 82.5 x 65.3 cm, numbered and signed. Edition 99/100.
Published by the Smithsonian Institution for the opening exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Provenance: Private collection, Netherlands; Private collection, Berlin.
Condition: Age-appropriate, good condition. Minor foxing on the lower and upper image margins outside the motif. Craquelures in the blue color area. Photos are part of the condition report.
Biography
The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is regarded as the most important representative of sign language art.
Robert Indiana, born as Robert Clark in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana, comes into the world. The boy is adopted by the Clark couple shortly after birth and spends his childhood near Indiana. From 1958 he calls himself Robert Indiana.
Indiana takes up a studio at Coenties Slip on the Lower East River. Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Jack Youngerman, Ann Wilson, Charles Hinman, and Fred Mitchell also live here — these artists united in their rejection of gestural Abstract Expressionism.
Particularly Ellsworth Kelly profoundly influences Robert Indiana (Robert Clark) on this path. The young artist soon paints early pictures in the hard-edge style (1957).
In 1960 Robert Indiana makes a forward-looking discovery: he finds stencils used for labeling shipping crates and creates from them the stenciled lettering as a leitmotif of his works. The characteristic "Signalkunst-Stil" of Robert Indiana emerges and soon also refers to other sources such as signage or jukeboxes. In this way, Robert Indiana also moves closer to Pop Art.
In the 1960s, Robert Indiana is extraordinarily successful. Especially his "LOVE" motif becomes a true icon of these years and was even transformed into a monumental sculpture in 1970.
Works by Robert Indiana can be seen in important international museums, such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, or the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Robert Indiana lived and worked on the island of Vinalhaven in Maine until his death in 2018.
The print is shipped flat, hence somewhat higher shipping costs.
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Artist
Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
100
Title of artwork
Hirschhorn
Technique
Silkscreen
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Germany
Year
1974
Condition
Fair condition
Height
82.5 cm
Width
65.3 cm
Style
Pop Art
Period
1970-1980
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