ROBERT INDIANA
"FOUR SEASONS OF HOPE" GOLD
PORTFOLIO OF 4 SILKSCREENS ON COVENTRY ARCHIVAL RAG PAPER
ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO BINDER INCLUDED
SHEET SIZE: 35 X 29.5 INCHES (EACH)
Edition Size: 82, plus proof
YEAR: 2012
Published by American Image Art
SIGNATURE: Each sheet pencil signed by auto-pen, dated, and numbered XX/82 as issued
comes with the portfolio case, numbered XX/82
THE ARTWORK IS IN MINT CONDITION

Robert Indiana was an American Pop artist whose work drew inspiration from signs, billboards, and commercial logos. He is best known for his series of LOVE paintings, which employed bold and colorful letterforms to spell out the word ?€?love.” ?€?Oddly enough, I wasn't thinking at all about anticipating the love generation and hippies,” he once explained. ?€?It was a spiritual concept. It isn't a sculpture of love any longer. It's become the very theme of love itself.” Born Robert Earl Clark on September 13, 1928, in New Castle, IN, he adopted the name of his home state after serving in the US military. Indiana went on to receive his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954. Following the advice of his friend Ellsworth Kelly, the artist relocated to New York, setting up a studio in the Coenties Slip neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. It was here that Indiana became acquainted with a number of prominent artists, including Agnes Martin, Jack Youngerman, and James Rosenquist. Over the following decades, his work became increasingly popular, with both his LOVE and HOPE motifs transformed into a number of public sculptures. In September 2013, the Whitney Museum of American Art opened ?€?Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE,” the artist?€?s first retrospective in New York. Indian died on May 19, 2018, in Vinalhaven, ME. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., among others.

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