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Robert Indiana Art

American, 1928-2018

Robert Indiana's work evolved into hard-edged graphic images of words, logos and typographic forms, earning him a reputation as one of the country's leading contemporary artists.

Indiana is known for using public signs and symbols with altered lettering to make stark and challenging visual statements. In his prints, paintings and constructions, he gave new meaning to basic words like Eat, Die and Love. Using them in bold block letters in vivid colors, he enticed his viewers to look at the commonplace from a new perspective. One indication of his success was the appearance of his immensely popular multi-colored Love on a United States postage stamp in 1973.

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Artist: Robert Indiana
Jo the Loiterer (Sheehan 96-108), Mother of Us All, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 45/150, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Mother of Us All, 1977. Published by ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Anthony Comstock (Sheehan 96-108), Mother of Us All, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 9/150, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Mother of Us All, 1977. Published by L...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Angel More (Sheehan 96-108), Mother of Us All, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 35/150, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Mother of Us All, 1977. Published by ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Gertrude Stein (Sheehan 96-108), Mother of Us All, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 57/150, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Mother of Us All, 1977. Published by ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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The Book of Love Poem - Wherefore the Punctuation of the Heart II Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - Wherefore the Punctuation of the Heart - II Robert Indiana American (1928–2018) Date: 1996 Screenprint with Letterpress, Signed and numbered in pencil Editi...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Book of Love Poem - Thirst, Signed Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - Thirst Robert Indiana American (1928–2018) Date: 1996 Screenprint with Letterpress, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, PP 10 Size: 24 in. x 20 in...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

HOPE (Spring), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: HOPE (Spring) Year: 2012 Medium: Silkscreen on Coventry Rag paper Edition: 18/125, plus proofs Size: 35.25 x 25.5 inches Condition: Excellen...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Book of Love Poem - When the Word is Love, Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - When the Word is Love Robert Indiana American (1928–2018) Date: 1996 Screenprint with Letterpress, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, PP 10 Size:...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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The Book of Love Poem - My Love, My Love is Gone to You, by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - My Love, My Love is Gone to You Robert Indiana American (1928–2018) Date: 1996 Screenprint with Letterpress, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, P...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Book of Love Poem - Quiet, The Dove, Signed Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - Quiet, The Dove Robert Indiana American (1928–2018) Date: 1996 Screenprint with Letterpress, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, PP 10 Size: 24 in...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Indiana in Lewiston, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Indiana in Lewiston Year: 1991 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Edition: 150, plus proofs Size: 46.5 x 26.75 inches Condition: Excellent Ins...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Four Winds from One Cent Life
By Robert Indiana
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Four Winds from One Cent Life Year: 1964 Medium: 2 page lithograph, as printed from One Cent Life As printed with Walasse Ting poem, from the One Cent ...
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1960s Expressionist Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Postcard signed, inscribed by Robert Indiana about his portrait at Coenties Slip
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana "My portrait was taken on Coenties Slip"...., 1993 Handwritten letter on an offset lithograph postcard Boldly signed in black marker under the letter 4 2/5 × 7 3/5 inches Unframed Unique one-of-a-kind hand written, hand signed note from Robert Indiana, dated 23 VII '93, written on the postcard depicting Robert Indiana's work "Mother and Father", published by the Farnsworth Museum in Maine. The note, done in black marker, is addressed to Don Allan II of Barrington, N.H. and reads" "DON - MY PORTRAIT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, WAS TAKEN ON COENTIES SLIP IN NYC". Robert Indiana then signs the note.. (Presumably, the reply is in response to a letter or question this fan sent to the artist asking where Indiana's portrait was taken). Makes a great gift for Robert Indiana fans! Coenties Slip is a historic artist's address in the New York art scene - there was even a book written about it! Coenties Slip is a street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. It runs southeast for two blocks in Lower Manhattan from Pearl Street to South Street. A walkway runs an additional block north from Pearl Street to Stone Street Here's an excerpt from Art in America reviewing the book: "How does specificity of place play a role in art, enough to become more figure than ground, less a context than a character? This is one of the larger questions framing art historian Prudence Peiffer’s momentous new survey The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever. The book vividly documents a moment in the 1950s and ’60s when a cast of artists settled, at staggered intervals, in a three-block area around Coenties Slip, a street on Manhattan’s lower tip. Coenties Slip borrowed its name from one of the “slips”—inlets for the docking and repairing of boats—that once cut sharply into New York’s downtown waterfront, facilitating the busy circulation of fish, freight, and sailors between land and sea. While New York’s status as a maritime trading hub lured fleets of boats, it was the skeletal remains of that activity, by then sharply diminished, that drew artists to Coenties Slip. In place of industry, they found vast and vacant loft spaces, cheap to rent, in which they could both work and live (illegally, owing to zoning laws)....Peiffer’s book arrives nearly 50 years after the earliest attempt to honor the Slip: the 1974 exhibition “Nine Artists/Coenties Slip,” organized for an old downtown branch of the Whitney Museum on Water Street nearby. The exhibition showcased lesser-known inhabitants of the Slip, including Fred Mitchell (the first to settle there), Ann Wilson...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

Lillian Russell, Signed Pop Art Lithograph by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - ) Title: Lillian Russell from Mother of Us All Series Year: 1977 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numb...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Susan B.
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Robert Indiana 4 Americans in Paris MoMa Exhibition Poster
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, 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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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HOPE (Winter), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: HOPE (Winter) Year: 2012 Medium: Silkscreen on Coventry Rag paper Edition: 18/125, plus proofs Size: 35.25 x 25.5 inches Condition: Excellen...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Robert Indiana (hand signed and inscribed hardback monograph)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Robert Indiana (Monograph hand signed & inscribed), 2006 Hardback book Hand signed, dated and inscribed by artist on title page, with a star drawing. 13 1/4 × 11 1/4 ×...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Seven
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seven Screen print, 1968 Unsigned (as issued) Edition: 2500 From: Number (10 plates), with poems by Robert Creeley Printer: Domberger KG, Stuttgart Publisher: Edition Domberger Stutt...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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New Glory Banner, Framed Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana 1968
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Robert Indiana "Blue/Gold Alphabet , 2011" Screenprint, AP 1/5 - Artist estate
By Robert Indiana
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Robert Indiana Blue Alphabet , 2011 Screenprint in colors on wove paper 40,0 x 32,5 in (101.6 x 82.6 cm) Edition: AP 1/5 Signed, dated, annotated and numbered in pencil by Robert Ind...
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Early 2000s Robert Indiana Art

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Archival Paper, Screen

1997 Robert Indiana 'God Is Lily of the Valley' Silk-Screen Pop Art
By Robert Indiana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition Serigraph published by Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier and released as part of the large portfolio and book entitled "The American Dream". The phrase "God is the...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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LOVE in Central Park, New York Pencil Signed and numbered 66/89, Historic print
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana LOVE in Central Park, New York, 1971 Color lithograph on wove paper. Pencil signed, dated and numbered with LOVE drawing/flourish Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed, dated and numbered 66/ 89. Also bears a drawing of the stacked letters LOVE in pencil. Bears Robert Indiana's copyright Published by Robert Indiana and printed by the American Poster Company to raise money for Central Park 39 × 30 inches Unframed This impressively large 1971 lithograph - pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of only 89, with a stacked LOVE drawing on the front - depicts Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE sculpture (from the permanent collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art) when it was exhibited at Central Park in New York City. This was the turn of the decade of the 1970s - during the height of the anti-Vietnam War protests of the Nixon Administration, when the presence of Indiana's monumental cor-ten steel LOVE in Central Park took on a much deeper significance in New York and indeed the country. This important print is pencil signed, dated and numbered by Robert Indiana from the very small edition of only 89. It also bears a drawing - a flourish - of the word LOVE written by the artist in pencil. Very few of the signed editions of this print remain -- so it is rarely seen on the market. Indeed, eighty nine (89) is a very small edition; however, this oversized print was used for promotional purposes in public places, so very few of the 89 signed and numbered works remain - let alone with the original stacked love drawing. . If you LOVE Robert Indiana...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph, Pencil, Offset

Monograph: Robert Indiana Early Sculpture 1960-1962 (Hand signed and inscribed)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Deluxe Limited Edition with Slipcase: Robert Indiana Early Sculpture 1960-1962 (Hand signed and inscribed with heart drawing by Robert Indiana ), 1991 Hardback monogra...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Stable Gallery 16 October 1962 hand signed & inscribed by Robert Indiana - RARE
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Pencil, Screen

The Santa Fe Opera, Signed Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The Santa Fe Opera Year: 1976 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Paper Size: 38 in. x 24 in...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan 136) Love Food Life
By Robert Indiana
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 ...
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1980s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Stencil

"Angel More" from Mother of Us All by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Hinsdale, IL
ROBERT INDIANA Angel More (Mother of Us All) Screenprint in colors on Arches, 1977 Impression 14 of an edition of 150 Image Size: 18” x 14” Signed, dated, and numbered in lower margin Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Intended for publication by Amiel, New York. Sheehan 96-108. The Mother of Us All, is an opera which imaginatively chronicles the story of Susan B. Anthony and the women's suffrage movement, written by Gertrude Stein and composed by Virgil Thompson in 1945. In 1976 Robert Indiana was hired to create the costumes and set design for the Santa Fe Opera Company’s production of The Mother to Us All. This collection of lithographs illustrates Indiana's costume designs for the Virgil Thomson-Gertrude Stein same-titled opera. Robert Indiana is one of the most recognized names in Contemporary and Pop Art, his LOVE sculptures, paintings, and prints are by far his most iconic pieces. It all began in the summer of 1965, when The Museum of Modern Art commissioned Indiana to design its Christmas card. He submits LOVE in four color possibilities; the museum selects the red, blue, and green version. In 1967 he produces three serigraphs of LOVE, and two serigraphs of LOVE Wall. During the next two years, produces other serigraph variations on LOVE, with more following in 1972, 1973, 1975, 1982, and 1991. Indiana’s LOVE motif has since been translated into a US postage stamp...
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1970s Art Nouveau Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

9 (Nine), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55) - FRAME included
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 9, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968 Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper Limited Edition of 2500 Not Signed Frame Included: Elegantly matted and fra...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert-Indiana "Love is God-(2014)"
By Robert Indiana
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Robert Indiana American, 1928–2018 Love Is God Edition: 12/50 Silkscreen in 18 colors on 2-Ply Museum Board Size: 32 × 32 in 81.3 × 81.3 cm Signature: Hand-signed & numbered in penc...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The President, Pop Art Screenprint from the American Dream by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: The President from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1961 (1997) Medium: Screenprint Edition Size: 395 Image Size: 17 x 14 inch...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert Indiana, Peace Plunges in Despair silkscreen (Rare hand signed/N AP)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
"It becomes particularly desperate when the peace symbol is inverted and is really plunging in despair. I grew a little weary of my own despair and my own g...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

HEAL
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana HEAL, 2015 Silkscreen on 2ply Rising Museum Board Signed, dated and numbered 5/25 on the front This is one of the last works the artist personally signed before he pas...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Deluxe signed & numbered lithograph for the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT INDIANA Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden Opening Exhibition (Signed & Numbered Edition), 1974 Lithograph on wove paper 32 × 26 inches Signed and numbered 4/100 in pencil on...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph, Offset

1997 Robert Indiana 'The American Gas Works' Serigraph
By Robert Indiana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches ( 55.88 x 43.18 cm ) Image Size: 17 x 13.5 inches ( 43.18 x 34.29 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Limited Edition Serigraph published by Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier and released as part of the large portfolio and book entitled "The American Dream". In his youth, Indiana lived in an abandoned warehouse for 12 years in lower Manhattan. He devised his own meter to syphon gas from the city grid for himself and his fellow denizens, many who would go on to have their own illustrious careers in the arts. This was a tribute to his 12 years of free gas. The circles, ringed by numbers, are references to gas meters...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

4 (Four), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55) = Framed
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 4, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968 Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper Limited Edition of 2500 Not Signed Frame included: Elegantly matted and fr...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Figure 5, from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: The Figure 5 from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Screenprint on wove paper Edition: 395 Image Size: 16.7...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Love Is God
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Is God, 2014 Silkscreen on 2 ply Rising Museum Board 32 × 32 inches Hand signed and numbered 33/50 in graphite pencil on ...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Board, Screen, Pencil

The Wall
By Robert Indiana
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Indiana (1928-2018) was a pre-eminent figure of American Pop art best known for his masterpiece, the iconic "LOVE". Inspired by the mythology of the American dream, Indiana e...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Screen

1997 Robert Indiana 'Yield Brother #2' SERIGRAPH
By Robert Indiana
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited Edition Serigraph published by Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier and released as part of the large portfolio and book entitled "The American Dream". The term "yield" can i...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Constance Fletcher
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Gertrude Stein (Sheehan 97), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Gertrude Stein (Sheehan 97) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 57/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition: G...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Anthony Comstock
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

God is Lily of the Valley, from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
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...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Gertrude S.
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Anne
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

General U.S. Grant
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Angel More
By Robert Indiana
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 ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Wall to Wall Signed twice with inscription & drawing 1 of 2 Trial Proofs, Framed
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Signed, Dated, Numbered, Titled and Uniquely Inscribed front and back in pencil, with two original artist's drawings "WALL TO WALL" FROM WALL: TWO STONE SUITE IV, WITH TWO ORIGINAL I...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Ink, Lithograph, Pencil

Robert Indiana 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Signed, Limited Edition Pop Art Print
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Rafael, CA
Robert Indiana (American, 1928 - 2018) Der Traum Heisst Verlangen (A Streetcar Named Desire), 1971 Screenprint in colors Edition 29/135 Signed a...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Sunburst Marilyn
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Sunburst Marilyn Medium: Screenprint in colors on wove paper Year: 2001 Edition: AP XV/XX (aside from the edition of 100) Sheet...
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Early 2000s Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Susan B. Anthony (Sheehan 96), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Susan B. Anthony (Virgil Thomson, Mother of Us All Suite) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Edition: 11/150...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Hartley Elegies - KvF IX, Large Pop Art Silkscreen by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The Hartley Elegies - KvF IX Year: 1991 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Paper Size: 60 x 60 inches Printer: Bob Blant...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

"Indianapolis Museum of Art Inaugural Exhibitions", Color Silkscreen, Signed
By Robert Indiana
Located in Detroit, MI
"Indianapolis Museum of Art Inaugural Exhibitions", 25 October 1970, is an eye popping large bold colorful geometric abstract silk screen. It is signed on the lower right. Robert Indiana, one of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting, Pop art, Neo-Dada, American Modernism and Modern Art. A self-proclaimed “American painter of signs,” Indiana created a highly original body of work that explores American identity, personal history, and the power of abstraction and language, establishing an important legacy that resonates in the work of many contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lectenstein, David Hockney, Romero Britto, Richard Hamilton and Robert Rauschenberg who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre. Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana on September 13, 1928. Adopted as an infant, he spent his childhood moving frequently throughout his namesake state. At 14 he moved to Indianapolis in order to attend Arsenal Technical High School, known for its strong arts curriculum. After graduating he spent three years in the U.S. Air Force and then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting in Maine, and the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. In 1956, two years after moving to New York, Indiana met Ellsworth Kelly, and upon his recommendation took up residence in Coenties Slip, where a community of artists that would come to include Kelly, Agnes Martin, James Rosenquist, and Jack Youngerman had studios. Indiana, like some of his fellow artists, scavenged the area’s abandoned warehouses for materials, creating sculptural assemblages from old wooden beams, rusted metal wheels, and other remnants of the shipping trade that had thrived in Coenties Slip. The discovery of 19th century brass stencils led to the incorporation of brightly colored numbers and short emotionally charged words onto these sculptures as well as canvases, and became the basis of his new painterly vocabulary. Although acknowledged as a leader of Pop, Indiana distinguished himself from his Pop peers by addressing important social and political issues and incorporating profound historical and literary references into his works. In 1964 Indiana accepted Philip Johnson’s invitation to design a new work for the New York State Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, creating a 20-foot EAT sign...
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1970s American Modern Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Ink, Screen

"To Draw a Straight Line (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"To Draw a Straight Line (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print from a portfolio of 12 original poems and 12 original prints by artist Robert Indiana. Edition 58/200. The prints in the por...
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Screen

Book of Love (Red/Blue/Green), aluminum wall sculpture
By Robert Indiana
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen on powder-coated fabricated aluminum. From the roman numeral edition of 5. Measures 26 x 26 x 2 inches. R. Indiana '96 incised on the right side. Hand written in gol...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Metal

The President
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Original serigraph Title: The President Portfolio: The American Dream Year: 1997 Edition: 61/395 Image Size: approx. 9 7/8...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Star of Hope, Enamel Print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Indiana’s (American, 1928-2018), Star of Hope is a reoccurring image, in fact, he named his charitable foundation the Star of Hope Foundation in 20...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Brass, Enamel

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Find a wide variety of authentic Robert Indiana art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, orange, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Robert Indiana in screen print, lithograph, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Robert Indiana art, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of George Rodrigue, Keith Haring, and James Rosenquist. Robert Indiana art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $150 and tops out at $399,950, while the average work can sell for $2,390.
Questions About Robert Indiana Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Robert Indiana produced Pop art. He became well known for incorporating public signs and symbols into his prints, paintings and collages. In 1973, one of his “Love” compositions appeared on a U.S. postage stamp. You'll find a wide range of Robert Indiana art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    Robert Indiana created the LOVE sculpture to further his “LOVE” series, which he introduced in 1966. It all began with a print of the word “LOVE” with a tiled "O" that appeared on the Museum of Modern Art holiday card. The brightly stacked letters of the Pop art piece were soon everywhere. This success prompted him to craft the first LOVE sculpture in 1970. Reportedly, Indiana's religious upbringing inspired the original LOVE typography. He described the memory of seeing the phrase "God Is Love" printed on a white wall in a church, and that image stuck with him. Find a diverse assortment of Robert Indiana art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    Robert Indiana was born on September 13, 1928, in New Castle, Indiana. By the 1960s, he was an active artist, contributing to the development of Pop art, assemblage art and hard-edge painting movements. He is perhaps best known for his Love image, which he created in 1966 and has been reproduced many times in many formats, from U.S. postage stamps to statues. Shop a selection of Robert Indiana artwork on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Versions of Robert Indiana's Love sculpture are in more than 50 cities worldwide. One of the most well-known examples is in John F. Kennedy Plaza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Locals refer to the area as LOVE Park in honor of the artwork. You'll find a variety of Robert Indiana art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024
    Here are a few facts about Robert Indiana's artwork. His body of work helped to define various techniques and movements, including assemblage art, Pop art and hard-edge painting.

    In 1964, he created his now iconic LOVE image, including it on cards he sent to loved ones. He later turned the image into sculptures, and today, there are more than 50 of his LOVE pieces located in public spaces around the world.

    Indiana was also an accomplished printmaker and is known for a series he produced in collaboration with poet Robert Creeley. As a graphic designer, he created posters for art exhibitions and theatrical performances, such as the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center and the opening exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum of Art. In addition, he designed costumes and sets for Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's opera, The Mother of Us All.

    Shop a selection of Robert Indiana art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Robert Indiana created 50 editions of the iconic LOVE sculpture, some featuring a different word or the letters of a different language, but in the same distinguishable style. They have been on display all over the world. Find an array of authentic Robert Indiana pieces on 1stDibs.

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