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Robert Indiana
American, 1928-2018
Four Panel LOVE, 1972
set of four: color screen prints on heavy white wove paper
Edition: 1/150
sheet (each); image area (each): 31 1/2 x 31 3/8 inches (80.01 x 79.6925 cm); mat (each): 34 7/8 x 34 15/16 inches (88.5825 x 88.74125 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1973
K1973:2.1-4
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Galerie Denise René, New York;June 30, 1973, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with funds provided by Seymour H. Knox, Jr.
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Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms
LOVE is among the most recognizable artworks of the twentieth century. Robert Indiana first executed this square stacked-letter format in a series of pencil rubbings in 1964 , and his design first achieved widespread distribution as a Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Christmas card in 1965. The artist did not copyright his design, and by 1966, the year he conceived his first LOVE sculpture, the image was already being widely pirated. Indiana revisited LOVE throughout his career in a variety of media, scales, and color combinations, such as this four-panel, red, white and blue screen print. The museum’s collection also includes an eight-foot, polychromed aluminum LOVE in the classic red, blue, and green color combination that Indiana originally used for MoMA’s Christmas card.
Label from Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective, June 16–September 23, 2018
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