Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Yield Brother #2

Robert Indiana, Yield Brother #2, 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. Images are part of the condition description.

About
The American Dream is an iconic silkscreen portfolio by American Pop Art artist Robert Indiana, released in 1997 in a limited edition of 395 copies. The work brings together 30 powerful prints, including six hand-signed sheets, visually distilling Indiana’s central themes of love, identity, consumption, 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 the MFA Contemporary Atelier in California, additionally complemented by artist, publisher, and museum proofs.

Biography
The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is regarded as one of the most important representatives of sign art. Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana. The boy was adopted by the Clark couple soon after birth and spent his childhood near Indiana. From 1958 he is known as Robert Clark Robert Indiana.
Indiana established a studio on Coenties Slip on the Lower East Side. Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Jack Youngerman, Ann Wilson, Charles Hinman, and Fred Mitchell also lived here—these artists united in their rejection of gestural Abstract Expressionism.
In particular, Ellsworth Kelly inspired Robert Indiana (Robert Clark) in a major way. The young artist soon painted his first works in the hard-edge style (1957).
In 1960, Robert Indiana makes a forward-looking discovery: he finds stencils like those used to label shipping crates and creates 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 signage or jukeboxes. With this, Robert Indiana approaches Pop Art.
In the 1960s, Robert Indiana achieves enormous success. In particular, his "LOVE" motif becomes a true icon of these years, and in 1970 it is even transformed into a monumental sculpture.
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 until his death in 2018 on Vinalhaven Island, Maine.