Love, 1967

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Medium

color screenprint on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 49.85 x 49.85 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

sheet: 65.09 x 49.85 cm (25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Laura M. Slatkin

Catalogue Raisonné

Sheehan 1991, no. 40

Accession Number

1993.75.1

Artists / Makers

Robert Indiana (artist) American, 1928 - 2018

Domberger KG (printer)

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Inscription

lower margin in black ink: -2 SPRING- / 7 MAY 1967 / MR SLATKIN- HERE IS A WOUNDED LOVE SACRIFICED TO THE CAUSE OF THE ART OF TAPESTRY - PRAY IT BE NOT LOWLY RUG WEAVING, OR LET / A RUG BE CALLED A RUG (PRAYERS ARE SAID ON SAME IN THE MORE / HEATHENISH RITES). THIS IS BOTH ACCURATE AS TO OUTLINE / (PERFECT) & TO COLOR (AS CLOSE AS A DYER CAN POSSIBLY COME. / R Indiana

Provenance

Laura M. Slatkin; acquired 1993 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Slatkin, Charles E., Mrs.

Bibliography

1991: Sheehan, Susan. Robert Indiana Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1951-1991. New York: Susan Sheehan Gallery, 1991, no. 40.