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Lot 119
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Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
Robert Indiana (1928-2018)

Love

Price realised USD 495,000
Estimate
USD 300,000 – USD 500,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Robert Indiana (1928-2018)

Love

Price realised USD 495,000
Price realised USD 495,000
Details
Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
Love
stamped with the artist's name, number and date '© 1966-1999 R INDIANA AP 4/4' (lower edge)
polychrome aluminum
36 x 36 x 18 in. (91.4 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1966 and executed in 1999. This work is the fourth artist's proof from an edition of six plus four artist's proofs.
Provenance
Morgan Art Foundation, New York
Private collection, Hong Kong
Private collection, California
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 14 May 2009, lot 162
Galería Freites, Caracas
Private collection, Florida
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Lot Essay

"In a sense… I got down to the subject matter of my work… The subject is defined by its expression in the word itself… Love is purely a skeleton of all that word has meant in all the erotic and religious aspects of the theme, and to bring it down to the actual structure of the calligraphy [is to reduce it] to the bare bones.” - Robert Indiana

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