Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Fall LOVE

Robert Indiana

September 13, 1928 New Castle

Fall LOVE
Multiple made of wool – hand-tufted
2006
after reverse with certificate, numbered, certificate bearing a printed signature.
in very good condition
Size: approx. 40 x 40 cm

Combined shipping is possible for similar items (up to 5 pieces) if they can be packed well together in the same package, but e.g. not graphics with rugs or sculptures.
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The production of hand-tufted carpets requires great craftsmanship. Each carpet is completed by a single tufter. On the stretched carrier fabric the form of the resulting rug is traced and it 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 consider myself a painter of the American landscape.” In his paintings, sculptures, carpets 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,” created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He created a block from the word – with the “L” and the “O” on the “V” and the “E” – Indiana effectively inserted his own sign into the mix. 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 based on approaches from commercial art and existentialism, gradually turning toward what Indiana called “sculptural poems.” He has had 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; Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands; Carnegie Institute, Detroit Institute of Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC; Institute for Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Los Angeles County Museum, California, among many others.