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Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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
Untitled (homage to Ellsworth Kelly) 1950s watercolor signed by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Untitled homage to Ellsworth Kelly (Acquired from the studio of Robert Indiana), 1959 Watercolor and pencil on Plover Bond paper This is an original, hand signed and d...
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1950s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Illustrated To-Do List from his studio (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana with Love)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Illustrated To-Do List (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana) Black and green marker on paper, signed in graphite pencil verso A unique one of a kind piece for any true colle...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Pencil

"Love Montecarlo" Robert Indiana, Pop Art Drawing, American Artist, Lettering
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Montecarlo, 2014 Signed and dated lower center Artist's marker on paper 7 3/4 x 5 1/3 Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, Main...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

"Love Pen Drawing" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Letters, Preparatory Drawing
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Pen Drawing Signed lower left Artist's marker and ink on paper 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, Maine....
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

"19 Love" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Modern Art, Black and White, Marker Sketch
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana 19 Love , circa 1973 Artist's marker on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, Maine. Private Collection, New ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

"Love Notebook Page" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing, Sketch
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Notebook Page, 2014 Signed and dated lower center Artist's marker and graphite on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Priv...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

"Love Stacked" Robert Indiana, Drawing, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Stacked , 2014 Signed lower left, dated lower right Artist's marker on ruled paper 10 x 8 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private colle...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

"Envelope Scribbles" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Correspondence, Artist Letter
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Envelope Scribbles , 1975 Dated upper right Ink on paper 4 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, Maine. Private Co...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

"Love Scribbles" Robert Indiana, Pop Art Sketch, Preparatory Drawing
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love Scribbles, 2014 Signed and dated lower center Artist's marker on paper 11 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private collection, M...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Lithograph, Pencil

"Love in Central Park" Robert Indiana, Pop Art Drawing, American, Typography
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Love in Central Park, 1971-1972 Signed, titled and dated lower center Pen on ruled paper 10 x 8 inches Provenance Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine Private coll...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen

"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

"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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker, Graphite

The New Glory Penny
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana The New Glory Penny 1962 Signed and dated, l.r. Pencil on paper 23.35 x 27.5 inches, sheet Contact gallery for price.
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1960s Modern Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

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Robert Indiana drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Robert Indiana drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Robert Indiana in ink, lithograph, offset print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1990s and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Robert Indiana drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ronnie Cutrone, Keith Carrington, and Billy Al Bengston. Robert Indiana drawings and watercolor paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,800 and tops out at $8,000, while the average work can sell for $5,400.
Questions About Robert Indiana Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
  • 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 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 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.
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    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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