{"title":"Robert Indiana","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCreed Gallery in Ascot, Berkshire, offers work by Robert Indiana (1928–2018), the American Pop artist best known for LOVE. Our team can advise on edition, documentation and provenance for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAbout Robert Indiana \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIndiana was born Robert Clark on 13 September 1928 in New Castle, Indiana, and was adopted as an infant. After service in the US Air Force he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Skowhegan School in Maine and Edinburgh College of Art, and later took the name of his home state. He moved to New York in 1954 and from 1956 worked among the artists of Coenties Slip on the Lower Manhattan waterfront. There he made assemblages from found wood and metal, and began to use nineteenth-century brass stencils for bold numbers and charged words. MoMA acquired \u003cem\u003eThe American Dream, I\u003c\/em\u003e in 1961, and his first solo New York show was at the Stable Gallery in 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Story of LOVE \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe word carried spiritual weight for Indiana, who was raised in Christian Science. It first appeared in his work in \u003cem\u003e4-Star Love\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), and by the mid-1960s he had developed the composition of L and O stacked over V and E, with the O tilted. MoMA used it for its 1965 Christmas card, his first LOVE sculpture dates to 1966–68, and it appeared on a US stamp in 1973. He made versions in other languages, including AHAVA in Hebrew and AMOR in Spanish. As is widely reported, he never copyrighted the design, so it was reproduced everywhere without his authorisation, and he saw little financial benefit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBeyond LOVE \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHe consistently addressed literary, historical and political themes, in works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Calumet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMelville\u003c\/em\u003e (both 1961) and his \u003cem\u003eAmerican Dream\u003c\/em\u003e series, which uses road-sign geometry and numerals to look at American promises and contradictions. When the Whitney mounted its 2013 retrospective, curator Barbara Haskell deliberately left out the red LOVE sculptures to show the rest of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVinalhaven and Legacy \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn 1978 he moved to Vinalhaven, an island off Maine, and settled in the Star of Hope, a former Odd Fellows lodge. He worked there on later series including \u003cem\u003eThe Hartley Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e (1989–94) and died there on 19 May 2018. The Whitney's \u003cem\u003eRobert Indiana: Beyond LOVE\u003c\/em\u003e (2013–14) was the first US retrospective of his work in twenty-five years and the first in New York, and the Albright-Knox held a sculpture retrospective in 2018. His work is in collections including MoMA, Tate and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCollecting Robert Indiana at Creed Gallery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe state the medium, edition, publisher, signature and documentation for every work, and whether it was published in his lifetime. You're welcome to visit the gallery in Ascot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy Collect Robert Indiana \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHis LOVE image is among the most recognised of the twentieth century, and his wider stencilled work shows an artist who took American language and history seriously. As with any artist, individual pieces vary in demand and value, so our team is happy to talk you through the specifics of any work you're considering.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"robert-indiana-love-rising-the-black-and-white-love","title":"Robert Indiana | Love Rising (The Black and White Love)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Indiana (1928–2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove Rising (The Black and White LOVE)\u003cbr\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Indiana, born Robert Clark, was one of the defining figures of American Pop art. Working from his studio in New York's Coenties Slip artist community through the 1950s and 60s, he developed a visual language built on stencilled letters, bold numerals, and hard-edge colour, addressing American identity and history through the vocabulary of road signs and public text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis LOVE composition — the letters stacked two over two, the O tilted on its axis — first appeared in 1964 and went on to become one of the most reproduced images of the twentieth century, translated into sculpture, a 1965 MoMA Christmas card, and a 1973 U.S. postage stamp. Love Rising strips the design back to black and white, letting the strength of the composition itself carry the work without the colour most associate with the image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003cbr\u003eArtwork size: 71 x 71 cm\u003cbr\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/collections\/robert-indiana?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=robert+in\u0026amp;_psid=6c85d4b4f\u0026amp;_ss=e\"\u003eClick here to view full collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rob Indiana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57068627132756,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/IMG_9552.jpg?v=1788867923"},{"product_id":"robert-indiana-love","title":"Robert Indiana | Love and Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Indiana (1928–2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove and Hope\u003cbr\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Indiana, born Robert Clark, was one of the defining figures of American Pop art. His hard-edge LOVE composition, developed through the mid-1960s, became a genuine cultural phenomenon, and Indiana later returned to its formal vocabulary — the stacked letters, the tilted vowel — for HOPE, created in 2008 in support of Barack Obama's presidential campaign and released with proceeds supporting the campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove and Hope brings Indiana's two most iconic words together in a single work, pairing the composition that made his name with the one that carried his visual language into a new generation and a new political moment. Together they trace a single artist's vocabulary used, thirty years apart, to speak to two entirely different American moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003cbr\u003eArtwork size: 67 x 37 cm\u003cbr\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/collections\/robert-indiana?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=robert+in\u0026amp;_psid=6c85d4b4f\u0026amp;_ss=e\"\u003eClick here to view full collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rob Indiana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57068687556948,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/IMG_9546.jpg?v=1788868178"},{"product_id":"rober-indiana-love-exhibition-poster","title":"Robert Indiana | LOVE Exhibition Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Indiana (1928–2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOVE — Stable Gallery Exhibition Poster\u003cbr\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Indiana, born Robert Clark, was one of the defining figures of American Pop art. His LOVE composition — the stacked, tilted letters that became one of the most reproduced images of the twentieth century — first took its familiar hard-edge form in the mid-1960s, developed from a series of rubbings the artist made in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poster was produced for Indiana's exhibition at New York's Stable Gallery, the same gallery where he had held his first solo New York show in 1962. It is among the earliest printed appearances of the LOVE design in public circulation, predating the image's ascent to global recognition, and remains one of the most historically significant pieces of ephemera connected to the work's origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable through Creed Gallery, Ascot, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey, and London.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnnumbered edition\u003cbr\u003eArtwork size: 43 x 51 cm\u003cbr\u003eCertificate of Authenticity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/collections\/robert-indiana?_pos=1\u0026amp;_psq=robert+in\u0026amp;_psid=6c85d4b4f\u0026amp;_ss=e\"\u003eClick here to view full collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rob Indiana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57068708823380,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/files\/IMG_9547.jpg?v=1788868253"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0418\/6196\/collections\/robert-indiana-portrait.png?v=1790342510","url":"https:\/\/creedgallery.com\/fr\/collections\/robert-indiana.oembed","provider":"Creed Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}