Robert Indiana

Marilyn from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana

1997

Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: Art from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1972 (1997) Medium: Serigraph Edition Size: 395 Image Size: 14 x 14 inches Size: 22 ...

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...

Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: New Glory Banner Year: 1968 Medium: Silkscreen on Card Stock Image Size: 7.5 x 4.5 inches Size: 15.5 x 12.5 inches (Promotional...

Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: The Calumet from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1961 (1997) Medium: Serigraph Edition Size: 395 Image Size: 15 x 13.75 inche...

Robert Indiana Marylin, 2008 Screenprint in colors on wove paper 40,0 x 32,5 in (101.6 x 82.6 cm) Edition: AP 3/12 Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil, lower right PROVENANCE: The...

The Metamorphosis of Norma Jean Mortenson is a limited edition serigraph by Robert Indiana, signed and numbered out of 30 in pencil, with the additional designation "A.P." (Artist Pr...

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

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...