ID 1450650
Lot 44 | ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
ART (Red/Blue)
stamped with the artist's signature, number, foundry mark and date '© 1972-2001 R INDIANA 5/6' (on the inside edge of the A)
polychrome aluminium
72 x 72 x 35 5/8in. (183 x 183 x 90.6cm.)
Conceived in 1972 and executed in 2001, this work is number five from an edition of six plus four artist's proofs
Provenance
Morgan Art Foundation, New York (acquired directly from the artist).
Galerie Gmurzynska, Zug.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Literature
T. Brakeley, Robert Indiana, New York 1993, p. 200 (another from the edition).
F. de Perthuis, 'Adjugé', in Connaissance des arts, Paris 2007 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 150).
K. Gmurzynska and M. Rastorfer (eds.), Robert Indiana: Fifty Years of LOVE, exh. cat., Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, 2014 (another from the edition illustrated in colour on the front cover).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Hommage à Indiana, 2001 (another from the edition exhibited).
Caracas, Galería Ateneo de Caracas, Los Estados Unidos bajo la Optica de Robert Indiana, 2001, p. 64 (another from the edition exhibited).
Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Crossroads of American Sculpture, 2000-2001 (another from the edition exhibited).
Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, Robert Indiana, 2004-2005, no. 8 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Robert Indiana: A Living Legend, 2006, fig. 54 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 95).
Zurich, Galerie Gmurzynska, Robert Indiana: A Retrospective, 2007-2008 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, Waddington Custot Galleries, Robert Indiana: Sculptures, 2012, pp. 52 and 69, no. 17 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 53).
| Artist: | Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Aluminum |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Aluminum |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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