Graves International Art - Robert Indiana

Title: "Autoportrait 1969 V/H"
Portfolio: Related to Decade: Autoportraits, Vinalhaven Suite
*Signed LR
Year: 1982
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 35/125
Framed size: 36" x 35"
Sheet size: 30.5" x 30"
Image size: 24" x 24"
Reference: Sheehan 124
Price: SOLD

Robert Indiana, born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana on September 13, 1928, one of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, has played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting and Pop art. A self proclaimed “American painter of signs,” Indiana has 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 who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre.

Indiana's best known image is the word love in upper-case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter O. The iconography first appeared in a series of poems originally written in 1958, in which Indiana stacked LO and VE on top of one another. Then in a painting with the words "Love is God". The red/green/blue image was then created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964. It was put on an eight-cent U.S. Postal Service postage stamp in 1973, the first of their regular series of "love stamps".

Title: "Decade: Autoportrait '70 (Vinalhaven)"
Portfolio: Decade: Autoportraits, Vinalhaven Suite
*Signed LR
Year: 1980
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 111/125
Sheet size: 26.75" x 26.75"
Image size: 24" x 24"
Reference: Sheehan 114
Price: $4,000

Title: "The German LOVE (Die Deutsche Liebe)"
Portfolio: Graphik USA
*Signed LR
Year: 1968
Medium: Original Screenprint
Limited edition: 90/100
Sheet size: 29.5" x 23.5"
Image size: 22" x 22"
Reference: Sheehan 42
Price: SOLD

GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer:
Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters.