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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
Gloster Heming (Sheehan 96), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Gloster Heming (Sheehan 96) Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches rag paper Edition: 51/150, plus proofs Size: 24 x 20 inches Condition: G...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

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

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

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

The Beware Danger, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: The Beware Danger from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Screenprint Edition: 395 Image Size: 14 x 14 inche...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series - KvF III Year: 1990 Medium: Screenprint on Saunders Watercolor paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 5...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Hartley Elegies, Suite of 10 Oversized Silkscreens
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series - KvF I - X Year: 1990 Medium: 10 Screenprints on Saunders Watercolor paper, each signed and numbered in pencil ...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Four Square, Screenprint from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: 4 Square from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Screenprint Edition Size: 395 (unnumbered) Image Size: 14 x...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

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

Parrot from the American Dream Portfolio, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: Parrot from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1967 (1997) Medium: Screenprint (unsigned) Edition Size: 395 Image Size: 16.5 x 1...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Decade: Autoportrait 1969
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Original serigraph Title: Decade: Autoportrait 1969 Portfolio: The American Dream Year: 1997 Edition: 76/395 Image Size: 14 1/8 x 14 inches Sheet Size:...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

ERR (Sheehan 29), Photoengraving and Etching, Signed, 1 of only 13 Trial Proofs
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana ERR (Sheehan 29), 1963 Photoengraving and Etching on off-white Rives BFK paper Hand signed, dated and annotated on lower front with artist's blind stamp from Coenties ...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Engraving, Etching

Robert Indiana, "Santa Fe Opera, " Hand signed, numbered, 1976
By Robert Indiana
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Robert Indiana Santa Fe Opera 1976 Silkscreen in colors Hand signed in pencil 37.5 x 27 inches
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1970s American Modern Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The American Gas Works
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The American Gas Works Portfolio: The American Dream Medium: Serigraph Date: 1997 Edition: 395 Frame Size: 27" x 23" Sheet Size: 22" x 17" Image Size: 1...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Four Seasons of HOPE (four artworks), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Four Seasons of HOPE (four artworks) Year: 2012 Medium: Silkscreen on Coventry Rag paper Edition: 125, plus proofs Size: 35.25 x 25.5 inches...
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2010s 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

New York City Center mid 1960s geometric design Pop Art hand signed and numbered
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana New York City Center of Music and Drama (Hand signed limited edition), 1968 Color Silkscreen 35 × 25 inches Edition 23/144 Hand signed and dated lower right recto; num...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

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

1997 Robert Indiana 'Mississippi' Serigraph 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 Mississippi River ...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Wall
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Medium: Serigraph Title: Two Portfolio: The American Dream Year: 1997 Edition: 76/395 Image Size: 16 7/8 x 14 inches Sheet Size: 22 x 17 inches Framed Size: 28...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert Indiana (1928–2018) - Two, from numbers - Screenprint in colors - 1968
By Robert Indiana
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint in colors on Schoellers Parole paper, edited in 1968 Limited edition 125 copies , Edited by Domberger, Germany signed and dated in pencil by artist in lower right corner...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Black Diamond American Dream #2
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Black Diamond American Dream #2 Portfolio: The American Dream Medium: Serigraph Year: 1997 Edition: 395 Sheet Size: 22" x 17" Image Size: 9 7/8" x 9 7/8...
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1990s Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

God is Lily of the Valley, from The American Dream
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: God is Lily of the Valley Portfolio: The American Dream Medium: Serigraph Year: 1997 Edition: 395 Sheet Size: 22" x 17" Image Size: 17" x 13 3/8" Signat...
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1990s Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Polygon: Square (Four) /// Pop Art Robert Indiana Screenprint New York Numbers
By Robert Indiana
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "Polygon: Square (Four)" Portfolio: The American Dream *Issued unsigned Year: 1997 Medium: Original Screenprint on Coventry paper...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Yield Brother #2, from The American Dream
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Yield Brother #2 Portfolio: The American Dream Medium: Serigraph Date: 1997 Edition: 395 Sheet Size: 22" x 17" Image Size:...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Robert Indiana LOVE Silver
By Robert Indiana
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana LOVE Silver, 2009 Aluminum 3,5 x 3 x 1,5 in Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Indiana Art

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Metal

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

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

Jenny Reefer
By Robert Indiana
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Lithograph

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

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

Jo the Loiterer
By Robert Indiana
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...
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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

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

The Calumet /// Pop Art Robert Indiana Native American Indiana Screenprint Red
By Robert Indiana
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, 1928-2018) Title: "The Calumet" Portfolio: The American Dream *Issued unsigned Year: 1997 Medium: Original Screenprint on Coventry paper Limited edition: 395, (there were also 30 artist's proofs) Printer: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Publisher: Marco Fine Arts Contemporary Atelier, El Segundo, CA Sheet size: 22" x 16.75" Image size: 15.07" x 14" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Düsseldorf, Germany. Comes from Indiana's 1997 "The American Dream" book portfolio of thirty screenprints. Printed in three colors. Text on verso of the following work as issued. Robert Indiana's 1997 black leather-covered book portfolio "The American Dream" was printed and published with 30 screenprints: 6 loose each signed and numbered and 24 bound not signed and numbered, as issued. Forward by Susan Ryan, text by Michael McKenzie and poems by Robert Creeley. The book was issued within a white cardboard packing box with red and black lettering. This image is based of Indiana's 1971 screenprint edition "The Calumet", (Sheehan No. 64, page 43), from his 1971 "Decade" series, (Sheehan No. 63-72, page 42-44). The prints in that portfolio reproduce one of Indiana's paintings from each year of the 1960's. The bear they same titles as the corresponding paintings. "The Calumet" is a 1961, 90" x 84", oil on canvas painting which is within the permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. "The Calumet", derived from Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha", reflects Indiana's ongoing involvement with American literary associations and sources. As interpreted, by Indiana, the schematized image of the red clay peace-pipe smoked by the Indians in Longfellow's poem symbolizes mankind's potential to eradicate war. - (Sheehan page 9). Seven stars for seven spheres...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

The Beware-Danger American Dream #4
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: The Beware-Danger American Dream #4 Portfolio: The American Dream Medium: Serigraph Date: 1997 Edition: 395 Sheet Size: 22" x 17" Image Size: 9 7/8" x 9...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Tilt from The American Dream Portfolio
By Robert Indiana
Located in Toronto, ON
Tilt from The American Dream Portfolio By Robert Indiana 19" x 16" Limited Edition Trial Proof
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Pigment

Santa Fe Opera (Deluxe VIP Edition; Hand Signed & Numbered AP Edition of 50)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT INDIANA Santa Fe Opera (Hand signed, numbered), 1976 Silkscreen on wove paper 37 1/2 × 27 inches Edition AP 7/50 Hand Signed and dated lower rig...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen, Pencil, Graphite

Robert Indiana LOVE Red, Blue and White
By Robert Indiana
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana LOVE Red, Blue & White, 2018 Painted Polystone 6 x 6 x 2 in Ed. 204 of 500 Includes a certificate of authenticity and the original box. Perfect Condition
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Resin

Robert Indiana(1928–2018) - Five, from numbers - Screenprint in colors - 1968
By Robert Indiana
Located in Varese, IT
Screenprint in colors on Schoellers Parole paper, edited in 1968 Limited edition 125 copies , Edited by Domberger, Germany signed and dated in pencil by artist in lower right corner...
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1960s Abstract Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Spring (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Spring (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope Medium: Serigraph Date: 2012 Edition: 55/125 Frame Size: 41" x 35 1/4" Sheet Size: 35" x 29 1/2" Image Size: ...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Autumn (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Autumn (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope Medium: Serigraph Date: 2012 Edition: 55/125 Frame Size: 41" x 35 1/4" Sheet Size: 35" x 29 1/2" Image Size: ...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Summer (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana Title: Summer (Silver), from Four Seasons of Hope Medium: Serigraph Date: 2012 Edition: 55/125 Frame Size: 41" x 35 1/4" Sheet Size: 35" x 29 1/2" Image Size: ...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

ANGEL MORE
By Robert Indiana
Located in Portland, ME
Indiana, Robert (American, 1928-2018). ANGEL MORE. Color screenprint, 1977. Edition of 150, signed, dated and numbered 93/100 in pencil. 18 x 14 inches (image), 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 inche...
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1970s Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Love (Red, Yellow, Blue)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Love (Red, Yellow, Blue), 1996 Signed, dated, and numbered Screenprints in colours on A.N.W. Crestwood Museum Edition paper 26 x 20 inches Edition 59 of 200
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1990s 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

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

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

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Screen

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 - In Apaean, Signed Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - In Apaean 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...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Phlox, from A Garden of Love
By Robert Indiana
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 1982, on Fabriano paper, signed, dated, titled, and inscribed ‘AP’ in pencil, one of 15 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 100, printed by Do...
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1980s American Modern Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Autumn (Four Seasons of Hope Silver)
By Robert Indiana
Located in Toronto, ON
29.5" x 35" Unframed Screen Print on Paper of 125 Hand Signed by Robert Indiana
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21st Century and Contemporary Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

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

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

"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 HOPE Blue, Red & White
By Robert Indiana
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Indiana HOPE Blue Red White Painted Polystone 6 x 6 x 3 in Editions Studio. It comes in the original box and with the certificate of authenticity.
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Resin

The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series - KvF III, Large Print by Robert Indiana
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 ...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

God is Lily of the Valley, Pop Art Screenprint 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: Screenprint, unsigned Edition: 395 Im...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Art

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Screen

Wall: Right Stone IV
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Rives BFK. One of 2 numbered printer's proofs, aside from the edition of only 10 in this color combination (there is a total editio...
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Art

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Color, Lithograph

Winter from The Four Seasons of HOPE, Silver Edition
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana’s message of HOPE has been an important, poetic language spanning his long career. The Four Seasons of HOPE was created for his solo exhibition at the historic Four Se...
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2010s 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.
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.

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