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ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
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ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)

USA 666, from: Decade

Fermé20 July 2021

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ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
USA 666, from: Decade
screenprint in colors, on Schoellers Parole paper, 1971, signed and dated in pencil, inscribed E/E, one of 30 artist's proofs aside from the edition of 200, printed by Domberger KG, Stuttgart, published by Multiples, Inc., New York, with the artist's copyright ink stamp
Image: 28 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (714 x 714 mm.)
Sheet: 38 7/8 x 31 1/8 in. (987 x 791 mm.)

Note du spécialiste

A self-described “American painter of signs,” Robert Indiana’s works explore visual culture, national identity, and personal history through symbols and colors inspired by signage and graphic design. The unmistakable black and yellow X-shape in USA 666 recalls railway crossing danger signs, which Indiana recalls seeing throughout his youth. The number six, as Indiana explained related to both the digits of his father’s birth month June, and the Philips 66 sign of the gasoline company that employed his father. The number also conjures up Route 66, an important American highway loaded with symbolism from novels and popular songs.

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