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Period: 20th Century
Artist: Robert Indiana
Decade: Autoportrait 1969 /// Pop Art Abstract Art Robert Indiana Minimalism
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018)
Title: "Decade: Autoportrait 1969"
Portfolio: The American Dream
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1997
Medium: Original Screenprint on Coventry pap...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Indiana ERR 1963:
A rare, sought-after early Robert Indiana print defined by surreal, experimental cinematic-like energy. Hand-signed by Indiana on the lower right.
Medium: Photoengraving and etching on Rives BFK.
Dimensions: 4 1/2x6 inches (including margins).
Very good overall vintage condition.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof 'E'" and "CHI" in pencil, lower margin.
Rare Trial proof, aside from the main edition of 60.
Printed by the artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Further background:
According to Susan Sheehan, Indiana printed only six progressive trial proofs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he learned printmaking from 1949 to 1952, under the supervision of Vera Berdich (inscribed "CHI"). Additionally 13 trial proofs were printed at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York (these inscribed "NYC"). The regular edition was printed by Atelier Georges Lablanc, Paris and published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to be included in International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered, Volume 5. The plate used for this print was originally given to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by the R.R. Donnelly Company, printers of Life magazine. Indiana discovered the plate while visiting Berdich at the school and decided to use it in his contribution to the Avant-garde portfolio. Sheehan 29.
Robert Indiana 1991:
"When I went back to the Art Institute of Chicago at that particular time - I think I was judging a show - I learned that Vera Berdich (Indiana's former teacher) was still there and the idea occurred to me, wouldn't it be fun to do a visiting artist etching, and she concurred. There on the floor was a box of copper plates and the images had been defaced on each one. These copper plates had been donated by the R.R. Donnelly Company, which put out Life magazine. I used to work for Donnelly. My only commercial art job was with them doing the little drawing that appear in the Yellow Pages, like lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners and things like that. Anyway, the idea being that the student was supposed to turn the plate over to use the back side and forget about the image on the front. But I found this image of this actress sitting on her bed with her ironing board and decided it was only very lightly defaced, so I asked if I could use it. And the word "Err" was actually added in New York; it was not in the first proofs in Chicago. Two weeks later, I was thumbing through LIFE magazine and there was this actress in the same page..."
About the artist:
Robert Indiana is best known for his iconic “LOVE” image, which has appeared across media including sculptures, prints, and paintings and epitomizes the artist’s graphic, predominantly text-based Pop art practice. Throughout his career, Indiana reimagined the aesthetics of American advertisements...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Art
Materials
Black and White, Engraving, Etching, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen
Robert Indiana Philadelphia Love Pop Art Limited Edition Lithograph, Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
A limited edition lithograph by Pop Art artist Robert Indiana ( American 1928 - 2018) of his iconic Philidalphia Love in Red and Blue numbered 87/225. The lithograph was printed by ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Philadelphia Love, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Robert Indiana of his iconic Love in red, blue, and green.
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - )
Title: Philadelphia Love
Year: circa 1996
Medium: Silkscr...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
American Gas Works from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
American Gas Works from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Black Diamond from the American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Black Diamond from the American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (254/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
4 Square
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
4 Square from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Classic Love Tapestry, Robert Indiana -Limited Edition, Art, Design, Interior
Located in Zug, CH
Robert Indiana
Classic Love, 1995
Hand Woven Wool Tapestry
182.5 × 182 cm (71.9 × 71.7 in)
Signed and numbered on label
Edition of 150
In excellent condition
Provenance: acquired fro...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Tilt from the American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Tilt from the American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (254/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Robert Indiana, The Metamorphosis of Norma Jean Mortenson (Marilyn Monroe)
Located in Hamburg, DE
Robert Indiana (American, 1928–2018)
The Metamorphosis of Norma Jean Mortenson, 1997
Medium: Screenprint in colors on paper
Dimensions: 15 9/10 × 15 9/10 in (40.5 × 40.5 cm)
Edition ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
To The Bridge from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
To The Bridge from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
The Figure 5 from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
The Figure 5 from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Red Diamond from the American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Red Diamond from the American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screen print in colors
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Number 2 from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Number 2 from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Number 7 from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Number 7 from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Ahava from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Ahava from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Art from The American Dream Portolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Art from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Parrot from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Parrot from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
The Calumet from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
The Calumet from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Oranges from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Oranges from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
The New Glory Penny from The American Dream Portfolio
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
The New Glory Penny from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Oranges, from The American Dream
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Oranges
Portfolio: The American Dream
Medium: Serigraph
Date: 1997
Edition: 395
Sheet Size: 22" x 17"
Image Size: 16 7/8" x 14"
Signature: Unsigned
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Art, from The American Dream
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Art
Portfolio: The American Dream
Medium: Serigraph
Year: 1997
Edition: 395
Sheet Size: 22" x 17"
Image Size: 14" x 14"
Signature: Unsigned
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
FALCO Dance Co., Aspen Rare rainbow color silkscreen (hand signed & Inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
FALCO Dance Company (Hand Signed/Dedicated), 1968
Silkscreen on metallic and wove paper
Hand signed by Robert Indiana with personal inscription on the front
Unframed
T...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Foil
The Book of Love Poem (Wherefore the Punctuation of the Heart)
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Robert Indiana
"The Book of Love Poem (Wherefore the Punctuation of the Heart)," 1996
(2 pages) Screenprint in color on A.N.W. Crestwood Museum Edition Print
24 x 20 inches
Numbered ...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Robert Indiana 4 Americans in Paris MoMa Exhibition Poster
Located in Larchmont, NY
Robert Indianna (American, 1928-2018)
4 Americans in Paris, 1970
Screenprint
Framed: 46 1/4 x 23 x 3/4 in.
Signed in the plate: (c) R Indiana 1970
Published by American Image, distr...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
LOVE from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: Die Deutsche Liebe (The German LOVE) from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1968 (1997)
Medium: Silkscreen on Wove Paper
Editio...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
The Book of Love Poem (To Draw A Straight Line)
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Robert Indiana
"The Book of Love Poem (To Draw A Straight Line)," 1996
Screenprint in color on A.N.W. Crestwood Museum Edition paper
24 x 20 inches
Numbered from the edition of 200 ...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, Limited Edition 1960s poster
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 1964
Silkscreen poster
45 1/2 inches (vertical) × 30 inches (horizontal)
(Ship rolled in a tube measuring 36 inches x 5 inches...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Heptagon
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Indiana (1928-2018) was a pre-eminent figure of American Pop art, best known for his iconic masterpiece "LOVE", which remains one of the most famous and sought-after artworks ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series - KvF III, Large Print by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series - KvF III
Year: 1990
Medium: Serigraph on Saunders Watercolor paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50 ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Sante Fe Opera, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sante Fe Opera
Robert Indiana, American (1928–2018)
Date: 1976
Screenprint, signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Edition of 157/250
Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 4...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Four Sixes - Domberger Calendar
Located in Saugatuck, MI
Robert Indiana, a major force in the Pop Art movement described himself as "a painter of signs." Four Sixes, as this screenprint is called clearly captures his brilliant use of color...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
"God is Lily of the Valley", from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: God is a Lily of the Valley from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1961-62 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph
Edition: 395
Image Size: 16...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Phlox, garden of love
Located in PARIS, FR
''Phlox'' (from the "Garden of Love" portfolio), silkscreen in colors, 1982, signed, titled, dated and numbered from edition of 100, in pencil
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
C Print
Lily, from garden of Love
Located in PARIS, FR
Screenprint in colors, 1982, on Fabriano, signed, titled and dated in pencil
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
C Print
Four Winds, Deluxe Edition of 100, 1 Cent Life Pop Art Portfolio, Indiana Estate
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Four Winds, from the Deluxe edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio (with Robert Indiana's blind stamp, #85/100, acquired from the Estate of Robert Indiana), 1964
Lithograph on wove paper (bears Robert Indiana's embossed stamp)
Artist's distinctive embossed blind stamp for 1964 on the lower left front which Robert Indiana used as his signature for this portfolio
Frame Included: Elegantly floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
Bears Robert the artist's distinctive blind stamp on the lower left front which Robert Indiana used as his signature for this portfolio
This Robert Indiana is a rare stamped...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Stable Gallery 16 October 1962 hand signed & inscribed by Robert Indiana - RARE
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Stable Gallery 16 October 1962 (Hand Signed & Inscribed)
Silkscreen on art paper
Signed and Dedicated in pencil on the recto. The dedication and signature reads "For...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Pencil, Screen
Decade: Autoportraits from Vinalhaven Suite
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana’s life-long interest in numbers derives from their range of significances and potential as loaded symbols. Indiana credits his penchant for numbers and their inherent ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Gertrude S.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Gertrude S."
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Robert Indiana, "Oranges", from the American Dream Portfolio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: Oranges from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1969 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph
Edition Size: 395
Image Size: 16.75 x 14 inches
Si...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
Lillian Russell
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Lillian Russell"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Henrietta M.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Henrietta M."
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Indiana Elliot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Indiana Eliott"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Anne
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Anne"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp in 1973, which became very popular. Since then there have been a number of other American stamps with the word love on them, but Indiana's was the first. In addition to the stamp, the image was reproduced countless times during the 70s, as poster, candles, t-shirts and many other items.
Indiana continues to work as an artist and recently (2000) released a print with the image 2000 on it arranged in a pattern similar to that of the LOVE design.
The work of Robert Indians...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Susan B.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "ISusan B."
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Constance Fletcher
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Constance Fletcher"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Jenny Reefer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Jenny Reefer"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Jo the Loiterer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Jo the Loiterer"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
General U.S. Grant
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: General U.S. Grant
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Angel More
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: Angel More
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Anthony Comstock
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Anthony Comstock"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan 136) UNIQUE Proof Love Food Life
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan, 136), 1986
Hard and soft-ground etching, aquatint, drypoint and stencil on white Arches paper
37 inches × 21 inches
...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Stencil
Golden Love
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Golden Love
Medium: Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Size: 35.13 x 35.13" (89.23 x 89.23 cm)
Framed Size: 41 x 41" (104.14 x 104.14 cm)
Edition: of 1...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
December, OP Art Print by Herbert Bayer 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Herbert Bayer, Austrian (1900–1985)
Title: December
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 6/100
Size: 14 x 12 in. (35.56 x 30.48 cm)
Frame: 20...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
August, Pop Art Print by Fritz Genkinger 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fritz Genkinger, German (1934–2017)
Title: August (Number 8)
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 6/100
Size: 14 x 12 in. (35.56 x 30.48 cm)
...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
May, OP Art Print by Winfred Gaul 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Winfred Gaul, German (1928–2003)
Title: May
Year: 1969
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 6/100
Size: 14 x 12 in. (35.56 x 30.48 cm)
Frame: 20 x 18 in...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Screen
"Self Portrait 69" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed for the art revue XXe Siecle in 1973 and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Image size: 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (210 x 210mm). S...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph