Love / Robert Indiana
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.234
- Title
- Love
- Artist
- Robert Indiana
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1928
- Medium and Support
- color lithograph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of David L. Chambers and John G. Crane
- Style/Group/Movement
- Pop Art
- Dimensions
- 86.4 cm x 86.4 cm (34 in. x 34 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- The word “love” printed in capital letters in red on a blue and green background with a black border or frame
- 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.
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- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1944 x 1888
- File Size
- 488 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.234
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.234/2002_1.234.jpg
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"Love; Robert Indiana." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.234/2002_1.234.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.