Robert Indiana Small LOVE Wall (LOVE Frieze).... Lot n° 48

American Modernism Pop Art Robert Indiana Small LOVE Wall (LOVE Frieze). 1967. color serigraph on light wove cardboard. 30 x 30 cm (34,7 x 30 cm). Monogrammed and Roman numbered. - Punctual bumping with tiny loss of color in outermost edges, verso very slightly yellowed to left margin, small pencil annotations, overall very good and impeccably fine. Extremely splendid impression, rich in color and contrast, with wide margins below. Sheehan 40th - One of 100 Roman numbered copies. - LOVE - a word, an iconic script, one of the most recognizable symbols of pop culture. Indiana designed the concept of red letters with a slanted "O" in 1961, the image becomes popular only in 1965, after it appears on greeting cards offered by the New York MoMA. In itself, the word "Love" goes back to a childhood memory of Indiana, who, while visiting a church, discovers the words "God is Love" as the only decoration on the wall. The colors red, green and blue are a tribute to his father, who worked at a Phillips gas station during the Depression. The combination of the word and the colors, which have a very personal meaning for the artist, advance to a sign that goes beyond, one of the most widespread images of our time. Color silk-screen on light wove card. Monogrammed and Roman numbered. Very isolated bumped with tiny loss of color in outermost Edges, very lightly yellowed up to left margin on the verso, small pencil annotation, all in all very good and impeccably nice. Extremely splendid, color intensive and contrast-rich impression, with wide margin at the bottom. - One of 100 Roman numbered copies. - LOVE - a word, an iconic lettering, one of the most famous symbols of pop culture. Indiana designed the concept of the red letters with the slanted "O" in 1961, but the image only became popular in 1965 after it appeared on greeting cards offered by New York's MoMA. In itself, the word "Love" goes back to a childhood memory of Indiana, who, while visiting a church, discovers the words "God is Love" as the only decoration on the wall. The colors red, green and blue are a tribute to his father who worked at a Phillips gas station during the Depression. The combination of the word and the colors which have a very personal meaning for the artist advance to become a sign that reaches far beyond, one of the most widespread images of our time.