Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Winter LOVE

Robert Indiana
13 September 1928, New Castle
Winter LOVE
Multiple pieces in wool - hand-tufted
2006
verso with certificate, handwritten numbered, with printed signature on the certificate.
in very good condition
Size: approx. 40 x 40 cm

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

The making of hand-tufted carpets requires great craftsmanship. Each carpet is completely crafted by a single tufting artisan. The form of the finished carpet is traced onto the stretched carrier fabric, and it is produced with high quality and carefully selected 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 claimed: “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, tapestries 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 built 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. In doing so, he used a distinctive visual language based on approaches from commercial art and existentialism, gradually turning to what Indiana calls “sculptural poetry.” 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; Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands; Carnegie Institute, Detroit Institute of Art, 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.