
Pre-owned. 100% Guaranteed Authentic by Portero. Robert Indiana is best known for his graphical interpretations of common words and themes. This piece is his iconic LOVE in Red, Peach, and Yellow. This serigraph was created in 1996 and is signed by the artist in pencil, lower right and numbered in pencil, lower right. Edition of 200. Born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928, he adopted the name of his native state as a pseudonymous surname early in his career. During his typically Midwestern boyhood, highway signs had a symbolic importance for him. His father worked for Phillips 66 gas and when he left his wife and son, he did so down Route 66. And the diner, which his mother subsequently operated, had the familiar EAT sign looming overhead. Indiana’s best known image is the word love in upper-case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter O. This image, first created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964, was included on an eight-cent United States Postal Service stamp in 1973, the first of their regular series of love stamps. His Love Sculptures are all over the major cities of the United States and throughout the world. LOVE is the most iconic pop image today, it can be seen in sculptures around the world and the love silkscreens are always favorites in auctions.
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