Screenprint in colours
h60.8 x w50.5cm (unframed)
h84 x w73.5cm (framed)
The first from the Trial proof of 10, aside from the edition of 200.

Signed, numbered ‘TP 1/10′ and dated ’86’

Provenance: 
Phillips, London, 7 June 2018, lot 185, where purchased by the present owner

Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, 1928 – 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His iconic image LOVE was first created in 1964 in the form of a card which he sent to several friends and acquaintances in the art world. In 1965, Robert Indiana was invited to propose an artwork to be featured on the Museum of Modern Art’s annual Christmas card. Indiana submitted several 12” square oil on canvas variations based on his LOVE image. The museum selected the most intense color combination in red, blue, and green. It became one of the most popular cards the museum has ever offered. Indiana continued to develop his LOVE series, and in 1966 made his first LOVE sculpture in aluminum. In 1970, Indiana completed his first monumental LOVE sculpture in Cor-Ten steel which is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In May 2011, a 12-foot LOVE sculpture by Indiana – one in an edition of three identical pieces – sold for $4.1 million. Indiana’s artworks are featured in the collections of numerous museums globally, including Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Messums Estimate:
£5000 – £8000

Previous examples have sold at auction between £5,500 – 10,000.