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Robert Indiana, Red Love Sculpture, 2011, Official Morgan Foundation/Indianapolis Museum of Art

Robert Indiana, Red Love Sculpture, 2011, Official Morgan Foundation/Indianapolis Museum of Art

Robert Indiana

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Description

Robert Indiana

LOVE Mini Sculpture Replica, 2011

Brushed aluminum (Red)

3 x 3 x 1.3 in (7.62 x 7.62 x 3.3 cm)

Stamped by the Indianapolis Museum of Art on underside with Artist's copyright

Artist Authorized Limited Edition; sold out

Stamped/incised on the underside is the text: "Authorized Replica/Robert Indiana/LOVE/Indianapolis Museum of Art/2011 Morgan Art Foundation/ARS, NY/All Rights Reserved." with the copyright logo of the publishers.

Provenance: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana (sold out)
Morgan Art Foundation and Artist Rights Society, New York for the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

The present work is a miniature artist-authorized replica of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's giant outdoor Cor-ten steel LOVE, translated into red aluminum. Red is the color of love, passion and is considered extremely lucky in some cultures!

Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” began as a simple Christmas card design for friends and has slowly become one of the most recognizable images in the art world. In the 1960s, Robert Indiana's LOVE image became a symbol for the "make love not war" counterculture movement. However, in the past 45 years, the LOVE symbol has transcended its original meaning to have even greater importance, both as an art historical trope and a global signifier. His technique is bold and visually stimulating, elevating simple text and colloquialisms in order to merge the personal and the public, the visual and the verbal. A miniature version of the sculpture that sits on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, this brushed aluminum paperweight commemorates the artist most iconic design.