Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
3 (Three), Limited Edition from the Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55) - FRAMED
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
3, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968
Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper
Limited Edition of 2500
Not Signed
Frame Included
This classic 1960s silks...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Pencil, Screen
6 (Six), from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
6, from the original Numbers portfolio (Sheehan 46-55), 1968
Color Silkscreen on Wove Paper
Limited Edition of 2500
Frame Included: Elegantly matted and framed in hand...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper, Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Stencil
Star of Hope, enamel on metal plaque with stamped name and copyright, Framed
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Star of Hope, 1972
Enamel on Metal with Artists Stamped Name. Date and Copyright
Artist stamped name and copyright on lower right front
Frame Included: held in a white...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Metal, Enamel
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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The Golden Future of America (Sheehan, 92), Pop Art silkscreen, Signed/N Framed
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
The Golden Future of America (Sheehan, 92), 1976
Silkscreen on Arches paper
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right; number...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
The Four Facets of Esther (I) Silkscreen Rare signed Printers Proof, Judaica
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Purim: The Four Facets of Esther (I) Sheehan, 36, 1966
Color silkscreen on off white wove paper
Printed by Stephen Poleskie, Chiro...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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ART (Sheehan, 80) iconic 1970s geometric abstraction Signed/N for Colby College
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Colby ART (Sheehan, 80), 1973
Silkscreen in Colors on White Wove Paper
Pencil signed and numbered 69/100 on the front with artist's copyright @Robert Indiana lower right front
Published by Robert Indiana with copyright; Printed by Seri-Arts, Inc.
Vintage metal frame included
Classic early 1970s work. There was a time, we are told, when every prestigious collector in Germany would have an edition of Robert Indiana's iconic ART print prominently hanging in their home.
This is an uncommon and desirable Robert Indiana piece from the early 1970s. Boldly signed in graphite on the recto (front), numbered and bearing the artist's copyright: @ Robert Indiana 1973...
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The Beware Danger, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Indiana, American (1928 -2018) - The Beware Danger from the American Dream Portfolio, Year: 1963 (1997), Medium: Screenprint on wove paper (unsigned), Edition: 395, Image S...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
American Dream Portfolio: Art, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Indiana, American (1928 -2018) - Art from the American Dream Portfolio, Year: 1972(1997), Medium: Screenprint (unsigned), Edition: 395, Image Size: 14 x 14 inches, Size: ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Eternal Hexagon (Sheehan 33), X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964. Publishe...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Anne, inspired by Gertrude Stein's opera about Susan B. Anthony Signed/N print
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Anne inspired by Susan B. Anthony, 1977
Color Lithograph on Arches Paper
Hand Signed, dated and numbered 93 from the limited edition of 150 (93/150) front in graphite pencil
17 4/5 × 14 inches
Unframed
Robert Indiana, celebrated for his iconic “LOVE” design, entered the realm of the theater in 1966 when he served as a set and costume designer for The Mother of Us All, an adaptation of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson’s 1947 opera about activist Susan B. Anthony during the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Billed as “An American Pop Opera,” the play was first performed at the Guthrie Theatre...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hope Wall, Silkscreen signed Proof No. IV of IV, scarce Robert Indiana print
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT INDIANA
Hope Wall, 2010
Silkscreen on wove paper
24 × 25 inches
Edition IV/IV (aside from the regular edition of 33)
Hand signed, numbered IV/IV and dated on lower front
Unframed
Robert Indiana created Hope Wall, or Wall of Hope in support of future president Barack Obama in 2008, and the print was published in 2010. This is an extremely rare Artist's Proof - one of only four in the world. It is pencil signed, dated and numbered IV of IV on the recto. The regular edition is only 33. Extremely scarce. This print has appeared on the market fewer than a handful of times over the past decade.
“I’d like to cover the world with hope,” said Robert Indiana, the artist whose iconic “LOVE” series became a global symbol of unity during the turmoil of the 1960s. In 2008, Indiana felt the world was ready for a new message, and designed “HOPE” for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. “I wanted to help name and empower the next generation and I felt that HOPE encompassed the needs of our time,” he said. With its forward-leaning O, “HOPE” symbolizes perseverance, and pushing ahead toward a brighter future. To coincide with the artist’s 86th birthday, the first annual “International Hope Day” launched on September 13, 2014 and included the public display of Indiana’s “HOPE” sculptures...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$720 Sale Price
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The Book of Love Poem - To Draw a Straight Line, Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - To Draw a Straight Line
Robert Indiana
American (1928–2018)
Date: 1996
Screenprint with Letterpress, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200, 10 PP
Siz...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Ink, Lithograph, Offset
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$2,000 Sale Price
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Oranges from The American Dream Portfolio
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Oranges from The American Dream Portfolio, 1997, (48/395)
Screenprint in color
22 x 17 in
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$15,000
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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
$572 Sale Price
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HOPE (Fall), Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
Title: HOPE (Fall)
Year: 2012
Medium: Silkscreen on Coventry Rag paper
Edition: 18/125, plus proofs
Size: 35.25 x 25.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$6,320 Sale Price
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Skid-Row Self Portrait
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Skid Row-Self Portrait
Color lithograph, 1973
Unsigned (as usual)
From: XXe Siecle, Volume XXVV, December 1973
Published by G. di San Lazzaro for A. Maeght, Paris
Printed by Mourlot,...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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Robert Indiana, Banner - Original Silkscreen from 1967, Pop Art
By Robert Indiana
Located in Hamburg, DE
Robert Indiana (American, b. 1928)
Banner, 1967
Medium: Silkscreen poster on paper
Dimensions: 106.8 x 65.7 cm
Edition size: Unknown
Publisher: Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne
Printer: ...
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20th Century Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$2,000 Sale Price
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ART, poster for Colby College Museum hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
ART, poster for Colby College Museum exhibition (hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana), 1973
Offset lithograph poster
Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front
35 × 23 inches
This uniquely signed and inscribed poster was published on the occasion of an exhibition at Colby College Art Museum from September 16 - November 3, 1973, featuring new acquisitions...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
$3,200 Sale Price
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Robert Indiana "Marylin, 2008" Screenprint, AP 3/12 - Artist estate
By Robert Indiana
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Robert Indiana
Marylin, 2008
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
40,0 x 32,5 in (101.6 x 82.6 cm)
Edition: AP 3/12
Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil, lower right
PROVENANCE: The...
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Early 2000s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Indiana Elliot
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Indiana Eliott"
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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Gertrude S. - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977 (Orig. print)
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 Prints and Multiples
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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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"The Calumet", Serigraph 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 Calumet from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1961 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph
Edition Size: 395
Image Size: 15 x 13.75 inche...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
1997 Robert Indiana 'Mississippi' 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 Mississippi River ...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
$720 Sale Price
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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 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Board, Screen, Pencil
Monograph: Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope (SIGNED by artist and 2 writers)
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Makes a fantastic gift!
Robert Indiana
Monograph: Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope (hand signed by the artist as well as both writers), 2009
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (h...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Book of Love Poem - From the Umbrage of a Master Poet, by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Book of Love Poem - From the Umbrage of a Master Poet
Robert Indiana
American (1928–2018)
Date: 1996
Screenprint with Letterpress, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 200,...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Decade Autoportrait, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: Decade Autoportrait from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1977 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph
Edition: 395
Image Size: 14 x 14 inche...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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Find a wide variety of authentic Robert Indiana prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of George Rodrigue, Andy Warhol, and KAWS. Robert Indiana prints and multiples 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 $225,000, while the average work can sell for $2,000.
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Questions About Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
- What did Robert Indiana do?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Robert 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.
- When was Robert Indiana born?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024Robert 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, 2022Versions 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, 2024Here 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 ExpertAugust 8, 2024Robert 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 ExpertApril 5, 2022Robert 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.