ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)

Lot 125
17.05.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 125 | ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
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$ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
Indiana, R.
LOVE (Red Faces Blue Sides)
stamped with the artist’s name, number, date and fabricator mark '© 1966-1999 R INDIANA 3/5' (on the interior edge of the 'E')
polychrome aluminum
96 x 96 x 48 in. (243.8 x 243.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1966 and executed in 1999. This work is number three from an edition of five plus two artist's proofs.




Provenance

The artist
Morgan Art Foundation, Ltd., Switzerland
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2013
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

P. Bill, “Love is in the Air above Bishopsgate,” Evening Standard, London, 14 June 2013, p. 56.
“Boulders to Baselitz: Sculpture in London,” Burlington Magazine, 155, November 2013, p. 747.
A, Shaw, “How New York Fell Back in Love with Robert Indiana,” Art Newspaper, London, October 2013, p. 75.
S. Hodara, “Seven Museums, Each Offering a Deadly Sin,” New York Times, 10 May 2015.
S. Hodara, “Art in Plain English,” New York Times, 27 March 2016, p. WE9.
S. Hodara, “Unseen Ingredients: Cash and Lots of Time,” New York Times, 28 August 2016, p. WE9.
S. Salama-Caro, The Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no. E-1966-27 (another example illustrated).



Exhibited

London, Waddington Custot Galleries, Robert Indiana: Sculptures, October–November 2012, p. 37. no. 11 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
London, Sculpture in the City, June 2013-May 2014 (another example exhibited).
New York, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Love: The First of the Seven Virtues, February-July 2015 (another example exhibited).
New York, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Word, February-December 2016 (another example exhibited).
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