Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Winter LOVE

Robert Indiana
13.09.1928 New Castle
Winter LOVE
Multiple works in wool - hand-tufted
2006
verso with certificate, hand-numbered, 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 edition from the edition.

The production of hand-tufted carpets requires great craftsmanship. Each rug is made entirely by a tuftter. Onto the stretched support fabric, the shape of the rug to be created is traced, and this 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 claimed: “In America there are more signs than trees. There are more signs than leaves. I regard myself as a painter of the American landscape.” In his paintings, sculptures, rugs 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 created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, titled “Love.” 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 used a distinctive visual language based on approaches of commercial art and existentialism and gradually turned to what Indiana calls “sculptural poems.” He has shown 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.