Yield Brother, 1971 – Screenprint on wove-paper, professionally framed, museum-glass 1971
Robert Indiana
PapelPapel de trama blancaImpresiónSerigrafía
99 ⨯ 81.70 ⨯ 3.50 cm
ConditionGood
€ 3.000
Van Kerkhoff Art
- Sobre la obra de arte"Yield Brother", from the "Decade" suite. Screenprint on heavy wove-paper, 1971. An impactful work where Indiana made use of military signage, stenciled letters and a palette of strong colours creating tension between it's call for peace and the visual language of military posters.
Signed and dated and numbered (46/200) in pencil by the artist. The print also bears the artist's copyright ink stamp. Part of an edition of 230 total: 30 artist's proof and a regular edition of 200. The edition was printed by Domberger, Stuttgart (Germany) and published by Multiples Inc. New York City. Professionally framed in a brushed aluminium frame. Museum-glass was used to minimize reflection. Ready to hang.
About Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana (pseudonym of Robert Clark) ( New Castle, USA 1928 - Vinalhaven, USA 2018) was an American painter, sculptor and poet. He was a leading representative of pop art and created the internationally famous LOVE symbol in 1964. A self-described American painter of signs", Robert Indiana's works explore visual culture, national identity and personal history through symbols and colours inspired by signage and graphic design.
Indiana had his first solo exhibition in 1962 at Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery, which at that time also represented Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg. In 1962 he participated with the work The Black American Dream #2 in the exhibition New Realists, organized in the gallery of Sidney Janis. It was here that pop art first announced itself as a new movement in visual art. In the following years, Indiana would participate in all the important group exhibitions of this movement.
Although the Pop Art movement made Indiana famous, he was never fully comfortable with the consumerist nature of Pop Art as his work often was very politically outspoken. In 1978 Robert Indiana left New York City for good, moving to the remote island of Vinalhaven in Maine, close to where his hero, the painter Marsden Hartley had lived. Since then he rarely gave interviews or engaged in the art world, yet he continued to align himself with political causes, designing the official poster for Barack Obama's Presidential campaign in 2008.
During his lifetime Indiana had countless exhibitions all over the world, and his work is included in the collections of numerous international museums: among others Metropolitan Museum New York, Museum of Modern Art New York, Tate Modern London, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
Condition
Overall good condition. Full margins. Slight undulation on right side of the print. Slight moisture damage in upper left margin.
Literature
Robert Indiana Prints. A Catalog Raisonne 1951 - 1991. P. 65
Dimensions
Frame
H. 99.5 cm
W. 81.7 cm
D. 3.5 cm
Sheet
H. 99 cm
W. 81 cm
Visual size
H. 91.4 cm
W. 75.6 cm - Sobre el artista
El artista nació como Robert Clark en New Castle, Indiana. Más tarde cambió su nombre por el de su estado natal. Entre 1945 y 1955 estudió en escuelas de arte en Indianápolis y en Utica, Nueva York; en la Escuela del Instituto de Arte de Chicago, el Colegio de Arte de Edimburgo y la Universidad de Londres. En 1956 se instaló en la ciudad de Nueva York y comenzó a hacer cuadros de bordes duros y colores vivos. En la década de 1960, incorporó letras y palabras en sus obras, creando las audaces imágenes de palabras que le dieron un amplio reconocimiento.
Robert Indiana ha encontrado sus temas en las palabras de los letreros y vallas publicitarias estadounidenses. Como otros artistas pop que surgieron en la década de 1960, se apropia de imágenes familiares en la cultura estadounidense y les da una nueva mirada. Una de sus imágenes más famosas es la palabra "AMOR" representada en varias formas: letras mayúsculas de colores brillantes o en blanco y negro en grabados y pinturas; escultura de metal pulido a gran escala; e incluso sellos postales.
En South Bend, la litografía de la Galería, Indiana no solo alude a su estado natal ya sí mismo, sino que también se entrega a un juego de palabras visual en los giros de la flecha que apunta al sur. A través de colores vibrantes y señales de tráfico, nombres de lugares y formas que rebotan en la composición, captura la energía de una autopista estadounidense de alta velocidad. El trabajo de Indiana incluye grabados, esculturas y pinturas, y muchos murales encargados.
[Este es un extracto del programa complementario interactivo del videodisco American Art de la National Gallery of Art. Producido por el Departamento de Recursos Educativos, este recurso didáctico es uno de los programas educativos de préstamo gratuito de la Galería.]
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