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
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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Jo the Loiterer - Mother of Us All print by Robert Indiana, 1977
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977
Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm
Arches Paper - Very Good Condition
Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...
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1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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...
Category
1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Star of Hope, Enamel Print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Indiana’s (American, 1928-2018), Star of Hope is a reoccurring image, in fact, he named his charitable foundation the Star of Hope Foundation in 20...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Brass, Enamel
Henrietta M. (Henrietta Muir Edwards), Pop Art Lithograph by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - )
Title: Henrietta M. (Henrietta Muir Edwards) from Mother of Us All Series
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in p...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Four Seasons of HOPE (Silver), Suite of Four Silkscreens by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the artist that gave us LOVE, he now gives us HOPE. This is the complete suite of four HOPE silkscreens on Silver in the original folio. Each print is signed and numbered in pe...
Category
2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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
Angel More from the Mother of Us All, Lithograph by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Angel More
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Paper Size: 24 x 20 inches
Printer: Fernand Mourlo...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Tilt 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 - )
Title: Tilt from The American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1997
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 395
Image Size: 16.5 x 14 inches...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
"Gertrude Stein" Lithograph by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: Gertrude Stein from Mother of Us All Series
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
FOUR SEASONS OF HOPE PORTFOLIO (SILVER)
By Robert Indiana
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete portfolio of 4 silkscreens on coventry archival rag paper. Each silkscreen is hand signed and numbered. Blue portfolio binder also included. From the edition of 125. Each ...
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2010s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen, Paper
The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series- KvF VIII, Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series- KvF VIII
Year: 1991
Medium: Serigraph on Saunders Watercolor paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50 ...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Two
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Medium: Serigraph
Title: Two
Portfolio: The American Dream
Year: 1997
Edition: PP 14/30
Image Size: 16 7/8 x 14 inches
Sheet Size: 22 x 17 inches
Framed Size: ...
Category
1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Santa Fe Opera, Signed Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Santa Fe Opera
Year: 1976
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Paper Size: 38 in. x 24 in...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
"The New Glory Penny", 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 New Glory Penny from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1963 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph (unsigned)
Edition size: 395
Image Siz...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The American Gas Works, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018)
Title: The American Gas Works from the American Dream Portfolio
Year: 1961-62 (1997)
Medium: Serigraph
Edition Size: 395
Image Size: 17...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Liberty, Offset Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Liberty from Kent-Bicentennial Portfolio Spirit of Independence
Year: 1975
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Paper Size: 14 x 17 inches
Frame: 19 x 18 inches
F...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Offset
The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series- KvF V, Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series- KvF V
Year: 1990
Medium: Serigraph on Saunders Watercolor paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Pa...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Indiana in Lewiston
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Indiana in Lewiston
Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper
Date: 1991
Edition: 150
Sheet Size: 46 1/2" x 26 3/4"
Signed: Hand signed in pencil
Category
1990s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
"To Draw a Straight Line (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"To Draw a Straight Line (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print from a portfolio of 12 original poems and 12 original prints by artist Robert Indiana. Edition 58/200. The prints in the por...
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
The Hartley Elegies - KvF X, Pop Art Silkscreen by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Hartley Elegies - KvF X
Year: 1991
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Paper Size: 60 x 60 inches
Printer: Bob Blanto...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
"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
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Screen
"Parrot", from the American Dream Portfolio 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: Serigraph
Edition Size: 395
Image Size: 16.5 x 14 inches
Size...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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
Category
1970s American Modern Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Hartley Elegies - KvF IX, Large Pop Art Silkscreen by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Hartley Elegies - KvF IX
Year: 1991
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Paper Size: 60 x 60 inches
Printer: Bob Blant...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
The Calumet, from The American Dream
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The Calumet
Portfolio: The American Dream
Medium: Serigraph
Date: 1997
Edition: 395
Sheet Size: 22" x 17"
Image Size: 22" x 17"
Signature: Unsigned
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Mississippi, from The American Dream
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Mississippi
Portfolio: The American Dream
Medium: Serigraph
Date: 1997
Edition: 395
Sheet Size: 22" x 17"
Image Size: 16 1/8" x 14"
Signature: Unsigned
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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
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 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
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...
Category
1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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...
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...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lillian Russell
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Lillian Russell"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: ...
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1970s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Pelvic and Bright (from The Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Pelvic and Bright (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print from a portfolio of 12 original poems and 12 original prints by artist Robert Indiana. Edition 58/200...
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Screen
The New Glory Penny, from The American Dream
By Robert Indiana
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: The New Glory Penny
Portfolio: The American Dream
Medium: Serigraph
Date: 1997
Edition: 395
Sheet Size: 22" x 17"
Image Size: 14" x 9 3/4"
Signature: Un...
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1990s Abstract Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Number 7 from The American Dream Portfolio
By Robert Indiana
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Robert Indiana
Number 7 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
Materials
Screen
"Tiger Music (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print on paper by artist Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Tiger Music (Book of LOVE)" silkscreen print from a portfolio of 12 original poems and 12 original prints by artist Robert Indiana. Edition 58/200. The prints in the portfolio were ...
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1990s Contemporary Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Paper, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
JENNY REEFER
By Robert Indiana
Located in Portland, ME
Indiana, Robert (American, 1928-2018). JENNY REEFER. 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 inc...
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1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Lily, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
"New York City Center 25th Anniversary"
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
"New York City Center 25th Anniversary"
New York City Center, 1968
Silkscreen Poster
35 x 25 inches
Unsigned
This poster is printed on...
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1960s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Zinnia, 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 Prints and Multiples
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Screen
THE HARTLEY ELEGIES KVF VIII
By Robert Indiana
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Screenprint on Saunders watercolor paper from the edition of 50. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity inclu...
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1990s Pop Art Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen, Paper
Sante Fe Opera, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sante Fe Opera
Robert Indiana, American (1928–2018)
Date: 1976
Screenprint, signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Edition of 157/250
Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 4...
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1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Anthony Comstock - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977
Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm
Arches Paper - Very Good Condition
Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...
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1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Anne - Mother of Us All portfolio by Robert Indiana, 1977
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1977
Dimensions: 24 x 20 in, 60.9 x 50.8 cm
Arches Paper - Very Good Condition
Starting in 1965, Indiana collaborated with c...
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1970s Robert Indiana Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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- 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.