{"product_id":"21222-indiana-robert-signed-love-pencil-rubbing-on-stamp-first-day-cover","title":"Indiana, Robert. (1928-2018) Signed LOVE Pencil Rubbing on stamp First Day Cover","description":"\u003cp\u003eSigned 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.).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIndiana 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"Few Pop images are more widely recognized than Indiana's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  Originally designed as a Christmas card commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art in 1965, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both accessible and complex in meaning.  In printed works, Indiana has rendered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093774979231,"sku":"21222","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Robert_Indiana_Signed_Stamp_21222.jpg?v=1722190267","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/21222-indiana-robert-signed-love-pencil-rubbing-on-stamp-first-day-cover","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}