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Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018) Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover
Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018) Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover
Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018). Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover.

Signed first day cover marking the January 26, 1973 release of the 8¢ United States Postal Service stamp bearing the American artist's iconic "LOVE" design.  Indiana has signed "LO / VE / R. Indiana" in bold black felt tip next to an original red pencil crayon rubbing of the LOVE design, additionally signed lower right within the rubbing.  In fine condition.  7.5 x 4 inches (19 x 10.2 cm.).

Indiana first began experimenting with his stacked LOVE image in 1964, in a series of rubbings that he sent to friends as Christmas cards, similar to the present example made one decade later.

"Few Pop images are more widely recognized than Indiana's LOVE.  Originally designed as a Christmas card commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art in 1965, LOVE has appeared in prints, paintings, sculptures, banners, rings, tapestries, and stamps.  Full of erotic, religious, autobiographical, and political underpinnings—especially when it was co-opted as an emblem of 1960s idealism—LOVE is both accessible and complex in meaning.  In printed works, Indiana has rendered LOVE in a variety of colors, compositions, and techniques.  He even translated it into Hebrew for a print and a sculpture at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem." (Museum of Modern Art)

Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018) Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover

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Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018). Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover.

Signed first day cover marking the January 26, 1973 release of the 8¢ United States Postal Service stamp bearing the American artist's iconic "LOVE" design.  Indiana has signed "LO / VE / R. Indiana" in bold black felt tip next to an original red pencil crayon rubbing of the LOVE design, additionally signed lower right within the rubbing.  In fine condition.  7.5 x 4 inches (19 x 10.2 cm.).

Indiana first began experimenting with his stacked LOVE image in 1964, in a series of rubbings that he sent to friends as Christmas cards, similar to the present example made one decade later.

"Few Pop images are more widely recognized than Indiana's LOVE.  Originally designed as a Christmas card commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art in 1965, LOVE has appeared in prints, paintings, sculptures, banners, rings, tapestries, and stamps.  Full of erotic, religious, autobiographical, and political underpinnings—especially when it was co-opted as an emblem of 1960s idealism—LOVE is both accessible and complex in meaning.  In printed works, Indiana has rendered LOVE in a variety of colors, compositions, and techniques.  He even translated it into Hebrew for a print and a sculpture at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem." (Museum of Modern Art)

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