Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - The Beware-Danger-American-Dream #4

Robert Indiana, The Beware-Danger-American-Dream #4, 1963/1997. No Reserve price!

Serigraphy in color on sturdy Velin, 35.5 x 35.5 cm on 55.8 x 43 cm. From an edition of 395. Not signed or numbered.

Provenance: Private collection Netherlands, private collection Berlin.

Condition: Very good condition. Images are part of the condition description. B

About
The American Dream is an iconic silkscreen portfolio by the American Pop Art artist Robert Indiana, published in 1997 in a limited edition of 395 copies. The work gathers 30 powerful prints, including six hand-signed sheets, visually condensing Indiana’s central themes such as love, identity, consumerism, patriotism, and American society.
The stylistically characteristic, color‑intense compositions with typography, numbers, and symbols make the portfolio a milestone of late Pop Art and a coveted collectible on the international art market. The edition was produced by MFA Contemporary Atelier in California, further complemented by artist, publisher, and museum proofs.

Biografie
The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is regarded as the leading representative of Sign Art.
Robert Indiana was born as Robert Clark in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana. The boy was adopted by the Clark couple shortly after birth and spent his childhood near Indiana. From 1958 he uses the name Robert Clark Robert Indiana.
Indiana established 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 lived here—these artists shared a stance in opposition to gestural Abstract Expressionism.
In particular, Ellsworth Kelly strongly influenced Robert Indiana (Robert Clark). The young artist soon began painting in the hard-edge style (1957).
In 1960 Robert Indiana made a groundbreaking discovery: he found stencils used for labeling crates and turned them into the stencil-like lettering as the leitmotif of his works. The characteristic "Sign Art" style of Robert Indiana emerges and soon references other sources such as signboards or jukeboxes. In this way, Robert Indiana also approaches Pop Art.
In the 1960s Robert Indiana enjoyed enormous success. In particular his "LOVE" motif became a true icon of those years and was even turned 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, or the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Robert Indiana lived and worked up to his death in 2018 on the island of Vinalhaven in Maine.