Robert Indiana (1928-2018) - Number 7, from: The American Dream

Robert Indiana (1928-2018), Number 7, 1968/1997.

Color screen print on sturdy Velin, 35.5 x 35.5 cm on 55.8 x 42.5 cm. From an edition of 395. Not signed or numbered.

Provenance: Private collection Netherlands, private collection Berlin.

Condition: Very good. Please look closely at the photos, as they are part of the condition description. Overall, very fresh in color.

About
The American Dream is an iconic screen print portfolio by the American Pop Art artist Robert Indiana, published in 1997 in a limited edition of 395 copies. The work combines 30 powerful prints, including six signed sheets, visually condensing Indiana's central themes such as love, identity, consumerism, patriotism, and American society.
The stylistically typical, vividly colored compositions with typography, numbers, and symbols make the portfolio a milestone of late Pop Art and a sought-after collector's item on the international art market. The edition was produced by MFA Contemporary Atelier in California, additionally supplemented with artist, publisher, and museum proofs.
Biography
The painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Robert Indiana is considered the most important representative of sign art.
Robert Indiana, originally Robert Clark, was born 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 called himself Robert Indiana.
Indiana is establishing a studio on Coenties Slip at the Lower East River. Also living here are Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, Jack Youngerman, Ann Wilson, Charles Hinman, and Fred Mitchell — these artists are united in their rejection of gestural Abstract Expressionism.
Especially Ellsworth Kelly significantly influenced Robert Indiana (Robert Clark) on this path. The young artist soon begins creating his first works in the strict style of Hard Edge (1957).
In 1960, Robert Indiana made a groundbreaking discovery: he found stencils used for labeling shipping crates and created a stencil-like script as the guiding motif of his works. The characteristic 'Signalkunst style' of Robert Indiana emerged and soon also referenced other sources such as signs or jukeboxes. With this, Robert Indiana also approached pop art.
In the 1960s, Robert Indiana was extremely successful. Especially his 'LOVE' motif became a true icon of those years and was even transformed 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 until his death in 2018 on Vinalhaven Island in Maine.