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LOVE

Aluminum, hand-cut and mirror-finished

1966–1968

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A 12 by 12 by 6 inch hand-cut and mirror-finished aluminum sculpture spelling love, consisting the letters L and a tilted letter O on top of the letters V and E.

LOVE

1966–1968

Aluminum, hand-cut and mirror-finished

12 × 12 × 6 in. (30.5 × 30.5 × 15.2 cm)

Edition of six plus one artist's proof.

 

Photo: Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Artwork: © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Installation view of Robert Indiana, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 17–May 27, 1968. Left to right, Stable (1962), LOVE (1966–1968), Melville (1961), Four Sixes (1964–65)

Installation view of Robert Indiana, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 17–May 27, 1968. Left to right, Stable (1962), LOVE (1966–1968), Melville (1961), Four Sixes (1964–65)

Description

The LOVE sculpture, which I think is probably the most beautiful thing that I have caused to bring about. This is an edition of, there were six of these, but each one of these LOVEs were carved individually. It is solid aluminum, it is not a casting. Just details. It is almost jewel-like.

— Robert Indiana

 

Excerpt from Robert Indiana, Lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Wood Works: Constructions by Robert Indiana, Washington, D.C., May 3, 1984, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.