Object Details
- Artist
- Robert Indiana, born New Castle, IN 1928-died Vinalhaven, ME 2018
- Printer
- Maurel Studios
- Publisher
- Mass Originals and Multiples
- Exhibition Label
- 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 Indiana originally made the work as a Christmas card in 1965 and later made prints, sculptures, and paintings based on the design.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
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis and Linda Kaplan
- Copyright
- © 2014 Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- 1967
- Object number
- 1991.152.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Graphic Arts-Print
- Medium
- screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 34 x 34 in. (86.3 x 86.3 cm)
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract
- Object\letter
- Record ID
- saam_1991.152.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk724637a34-9c95-4815-9983-74d400e751f7
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