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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
Indiana in Lewiston, Robert Indiana
Indiana in Lewiston, Robert Indiana

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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Screen

Indiana Elliot (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana
Indiana Elliot (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

Indiana Elliot (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Indiana Elliot (Sheehan 99) 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 (Sheehan 102), Robert Indiana
Anthony Comstock (Sheehan 102), Robert Indiana

Anthony Comstock (Sheehan 102), Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Anthony Comstock (Sheehan 102) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 9/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition:...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana
Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Jenny Reefer (Sheehan 99) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 49/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition: Goo...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Jo the Loiterer (Sheehan 100), Robert Indiana
Jo the Loiterer (Sheehan 100), Robert Indiana

Jo the Loiterer (Sheehan 100), Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Jo the Loiterer (Sheehan 100) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 45/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition:...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

"Love Notebook Page 2" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing, American

"Love Notebook Page 2" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing, American

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Robert Indiana Love Notebook Page 2, 2014 Signed lower left, dated lower right Artist's marker and graphite on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, M...

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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Permanent Marker, Graphite

Robert Indiana Signed Screenprint, 2001, Sunburst Marilyn
Robert Indiana Signed Screenprint, 2001, Sunburst Marilyn

Robert Indiana Signed Screenprint, 2001, 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

"Love Scrap Paper" Robert Indiana, Preparatory Drawing, Pop Art, Sketch

"Love Scrap Paper" Robert Indiana, Preparatory Drawing, Pop Art, Sketch

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Robert Indiana Love Scrap Paper, 2014 Signed and dated lower left Artist's marker and ink on paper 6 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collec...

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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

"Preparatory drawing for American Art since 1960" Robert Indiana, Pop Art

"Preparatory drawing for American Art since 1960" Robert Indiana, Pop Art

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Robert Indiana Preparatory drawing for "American Art since 1960", 1970 Signed lower left, dated lower right Colored pencil on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Color Pencil

"All White Love" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Sketch, American, Typography
"All White Love" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Sketch, American, Typography

"All White Love" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Sketch, American, Typography

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Robert Indiana All White Love, 2000 Signed lower right, dated lower left Artist's marker on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collec...

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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)
Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)

Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)

By Robert Indiana

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...

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1960s Surrealist Robert Indiana Art

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Black and White, Engraving, Etching, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen

Robert Indiana Silkscreen Print, Signed, 1991, Indiana in Lewiston
Robert Indiana Silkscreen Print, Signed, 1991, Indiana in Lewiston

Robert Indiana Silkscreen Print, Signed, 1991, Indiana in Lewiston

By Robert Indiana

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Indiana in Lewiston Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Date: 1991 Edition: 150, unnumbered, as issued Published by Brand X Editions Ltd., New York. Sheet ...

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1990s Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert Indiana - Marilyn (from The American Dream portfolio)

Robert Indiana - Marilyn (from The American Dream portfolio)

By Robert Indiana

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Marilyn (from The American Dream portfolio) Colour screenprint. 117/395. Signed in pencil at the right side margin: R Indiana. Image 35.5 × 35.5 cm on firm wove paper 40 × 40 cm.

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1990s Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Anthony Comstock - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

Anthony Comstock - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977 Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm Arches Paper - Very Good Condition Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...

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1970s Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Anne - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

Anne - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977 Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm Arches Paper - Very Good Condition Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...

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1970s Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Indiana Elliot - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

Indiana Elliot - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977 Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm Arches Paper - Very Good Condition Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...

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1970s Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Gertrude Stein (Sheehan 97), Robert Indiana
Gertrude Stein (Sheehan 97), Robert Indiana

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

Constance Fletcher (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana
Constance Fletcher (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

Constance Fletcher (Sheehan 99), Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Constance Fletcher (Sheehan 99) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 51/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Conditio...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Angel More from the Mother of Us All, Pop Art Lithograph by Robert Indiana
Angel More from the Mother of Us All, Pop Art Lithograph by Robert Indiana

Angel More from the Mother of Us All, Pop Art Lithograph by Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Angel More Year: 1977 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition 8 of 150 Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches Printer: Fernand Mo...

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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

Tilt from the American Dream Portfolio

Tilt from the American Dream Portfolio

By Robert Indiana

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

From the American Dream Portfolio. Originally released as a set of thirty screenprints in colors, 1997, on wove paper, six signed in pencil and numbered 254/395 (Tilt is one of the s...

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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert Indiana art for sale on 1stDibs.

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.

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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, 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.

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  • 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, 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.