Love
Indiana, Robert
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Date
1996Description
Overall three-quarter view from front, showing red and blue paint; Indiana (full name Robert Indiana Clark) was one of the central figures of American Pop art. His concern for the "spiritual concept" represented by the word LOVE was expressed in paintings such as Love (1966; Indianapolis, IN, Mus. A.) and in related sculptures (e.g. Love, carved aluminium, h. 305 mm, edition of six, 1966; see 1977 exh. cat., p. 24); these became his best-known works, and they came also to be regarded as emblems for the hippie generation of the late 1960s. In 1978 he left New York to settle on the remote island of Vinalhaven off the coast of Maine. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/12/2012)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
contemporary (1960 to present), typography or calligraphy, Twentieth century, Pop
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