Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - 04 LOVE

Robert Indiana

13.09.1928 New Castle



O4 LOVE

Multiple in wool - hand-tufted

2006

verso with certificate, handwritten numbered, the certificate bearing a printed signature.

in very good condition

Size: approx. 40 x 40 cm

The production of hand-tufted carpets requires great craftsmanship. Each rug is fully made by a single tofter. The shape of the rug being produced is drawn onto the stretched support fabric, and it is produced with high-quality, 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, carpets, and prints, he imitates and arranges the words and numbers of a multitude 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 literally inserted his own mark into the mix by turning the word into a block—the L and O above the V and E. His “L’Amour” 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 built on approaches from commercial art and existentialism, gradually turning toward what Indiana called “sculptural poetry.” He has held solo exhibitions at more than 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.

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