Robert Indiana
- Introduction
- Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His "LOVE" print, first created for the Museum of Modern Art's Christmas card in 1965, was the basis for his 1970 Love sculpture and the widely distributed 1973 United States Postal Service "LOVE" stamp. He created works in media including paper (silk screen) and Cor-ten steel.
- Wikidata
- Q169281
- Introduction
- Known especially for his typographic rendering of the word "love;" expressed as paintings and sculpture, which has been widely imitated, satirized, and reproduced as unauthorized products. This work represented only one of many text-based works that he produced, and is considered one of the forerunners of what became known as Pop Art.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Robert Indiana, Robert Clark
- Ulan
- 500015478
Exhibitions
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Take an Object
Aug 22, 2015–Feb 28, 2016
MoMA
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Architecture & Design: North Gallery Rotation 2
Dec 14, 2005–Apr 6, 2006
MoMA
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Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art, 1880 to Now
Apr 28–Aug 1, 2004
MoMA
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Open Ends
Sep 28, 2000–Mar 4, 2001
MoMA
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Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Feb 18–May 18, 1999
MoMA
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Robert Indiana has
37 exhibitionsonline.
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Robert Indiana Moon 1960
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Robert Indiana French Atomic Bomb 1959-60
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Robert Indiana The American Dream, I 1961
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Robert Indiana The American Hay Company 1962
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Robert Indiana Law 1960-62
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Robert Indiana Err (plate 9) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) 1963, published 1964
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Various Artists, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Enrico Baj, Alan Davie, Jim Dine, Öyvind Fahlström, Sam Francis, Robert Indiana, Alfred Jensen, Asger Jorn, Allan Kaprow, Kiki (Kiki O. K.) Kogelnik, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist, Antonio Saura, Kimber Smith, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Walasse Ting, Bram van Velde, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann 1¢ Life 1963–64, published 1964
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Robert Indiana Plate (page 52) from 1¢ Life 1964
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Robert Indiana The Four Winds (double page tailpiece, pages 140 and 141) from 1¢ Life 1964
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Various Artists, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Indiana, Larry Poons, Roy Lichtenstein, Stuart Davis, Robert Motherwell, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, George Ortman X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) 1964
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Robert Indiana Eternal Hexagon from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) 1964
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George Brecht, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, Lette Eisenhauer, Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Allan Kaprow, Roy Lichtenstein, Boris Lurie, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Richard Stankiewicz, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Robert Whitman, Various Artists The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) 1962–64, published 1964
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Robert Indiana Robert Indiana, New Art, Stable New York 1964
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Robert Indiana New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 23 Apr 64 1964
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Robert Indiana Paris Review 1965
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Robert Indiana Love, Indiana Stable May 66 1966
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Robert Indiana LOVE ring 1966
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Robert Indiana LOVE ring 1966
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Various Artists, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Allen Jones, Kenneth Koch, Josef Levi, Gerard Malanga, Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Claes Oldenburg, Peter Saul, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, John Willenbecher Stamped Indelibly 1967
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Robert Indiana Pelvic and Bright (folio 5) from Stamped Indelibly 1967
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Robert Indiana 55555 (folio 10) from Stamped Indelibly 1967
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Robert Indiana LOVE 1967
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Various Artists, Mario Yrisarry, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Lindner, Alfred Jensen, Marvin Israel, Robert Indiana, Allan D'Arcangelo, Tom Wesselmann Graphik USA 1966–68, published 1968
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Robert Indiana The German Love (Die Deutsche Liebe) from Graphik USA 1968
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Robert Indiana Numbers 1968
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Robert Indiana Nine (plate, folio 28) from Numbers 1968
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Robert Indiana Indiana 3, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Indianapolis 1968
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Robert Indiana American Art Since 1960, The Art Museum, Princeton University, May 5 through May 27, 1970 1970
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Robert Indiana American Dream (1971)
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Robert Indiana Decade 1971
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Robert Indiana Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) 1974, published 1975
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Will Barnet, Colleen Browning, Audrey Flack, Joseph Hirsch, Robert Indiana, Red Grooms, Alex Katz, Edward Ruscha, Fritz Scholder, Jacob Lawrence, Various Artists Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence 1974–75, published 1975
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Robert Indiana Liberty '76 from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence 1975
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Robert Indiana KvF III from The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series 1990
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Robert Indiana KvF IV from The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series 1990
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Robert Indiana Art 1992
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