Love

Robert Indiana, Love, 1967, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis and Linda Kaplan, 1991.152.3, © 2014 Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Robert Indiana, Love, 1967, screenprint on paper, sheet and image: 3434 in. (86.386.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis and Linda Kaplan, 1991.152.3, © 2014 Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork Details

Title
Love
Printer
Maurel Studios
Publisher
Mass Originals and Multiples
Date
1967
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 3434 in. (86.386.3 cm)
Copyright
© 2014 Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Credit Line
Gift of Louis and Linda Kaplan
Mediums Description
screenprint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — letter
  • Abstract
Object Number
1991.152.3

Artwork Description

In the 1960s, the word “love” became a touchstone for America’s hippie movement and Robert Indiana’s composition was widely accepted as a symbol of its progressive aspirations. Indiana originally made the work as a Christmas card in 1965 and later made prints, sculptures, and paintings based on the design. Commercial ventures soon co-opted the image for merchandise. Unfortunately, Indiana had not declared copyright on his famous work, so never profited from its prolific commercial reproduction.


Pop Art Prints, 2014

Works by this artist (10 items)

Robert Indiana, Hexagon, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1976.108.59
Hexagon
Not on view
Robert Indiana, Parrot, 1971, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Ian Hornak Foundation, Robert Chad Smith, Eric Ian Spoutz and Rosemary Hornak, 2010.56.6, © Robert Indiana, 1971
Parrot
Date1971
screenprint on paper
Not on view

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