Love, Black and White from The Book Of Love
1996
Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE motif finds refined expression in this 1996 screenprint from The Book of Love series, rendered in striking black and white rather than his signature polychromatic palette. Created during the height of Indiana's Pop Art maturity, the work demonstrates his continued exploration of typographic form and American vernacular, stripping away color to emphasize the bold geometric construction of his most recognizable design. Number 159 from the edition of 200, the screenprint bears the artist's signature and maintains excellent provenance through respected dealers including Philadelphia's Dane Fine Art.
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- Screenprint on paper
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- Edition
- 159 of 200
- Signed
- Yes
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Jasper Johns
American · b. 1930
Johns similarly transforms everyday American symbols and letters into bold graphic compositions using flat geometric forms, sharing Indiana's Pop Art sensibility and focus on typographic and numerical imagery rendered with stark visual clarity.
Ed Ruscha
American · b. 1937
Ruscha's screenprints and works on paper feature isolated words and text treated as pure graphic form, echoing Indiana's treatment of language as bold geometric visual structure within the American Pop Art vernacular.
Lawrence Weiner
American · b. 1942
Weiner elevated typographic text into minimalist geometric compositions, using language as primary subject matter in printed editions that share Indiana's interest in stripping words down to their boldest, most essential visual and conceptual form.
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