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Love

Robert Indiana

Artwork Details

Love
1967
Robert Indiana
color lithograph on paper
34 1/16 x 34 1/16 in. (86.4 x 86.4 cm);40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of David L. Chambers and John G. Crane
2002/1.234

Description

Subject Matter:

”LOVE” exhibits Indiana’s use of vibrating color and simple formal configurations. It was originally designed as a Christmas card commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art in 1965, and reflects Indiana’s Pop-inspired fascination with the power of ordinary words, and is filled with spiritual, social and political overtones, especial when looked at in the historical context of the 1960s.

Physical Description:

The word “love” printed in capital letters in red on a blue and green background with a black border or frame

Usage Rights:

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