Thursday, September 11, 2025

Robert Indiana

Robert Indiana
The Eateria
1962
oil on canvas
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC


Robert Indiana
Beware-Danger American Dream #4
1963
oil on canvas
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
The Figure Five
1963
oil on canvas
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Mary Swift
Studio of Robert Indiana
ca. 1970
gelatin silver print
Archives of American Art, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Fire Bridge
1964-65
oil on canvas
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Robert Indiana
Love Greeting Card
1964
lithograph
Archives of American Art, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Love
1967
screenprint
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Love Tabletop Sculpture
1967
aluminum
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Love Ring
ca. 1972
gilt metal
(manufactured by Charles Revson, Inc.)
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

Robert Indiana
Love Ring in 18K Gold
ca. 1972
inventory page
(from Eva Lee Gallery, New York)
Archives of American Art, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Love
1973
screenprint
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Love Stamp (8 cents)
1973
offset-print with adhesive back
National Postal Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Kunst Markt Köln
1967
lithograph (exhibition poster)
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

Robert Indiana
Number Paintings - Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
1966
lithograph (exhibition poster)
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

Robert Indiana
New York City Center 25th Anniversary
1968
screenprint
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Hirshhorn Opening Exhibition
1974
offset-print (poster)
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Robert Indiana
Five
1984
partly painted wood and found wheels
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC


"I don't like Americans or America. I'm getting old and only have a certain amount of time and I don't want to waste a day in a place where I would be miserable."

"Is your dislike of Americans based on anything that happened in your childhood?"

"How ridiculous. I didn't even know America existed before the war."

"So you started hating them when the war came?"

"Yes, I'll never forget what a bore it as when they joined the war. We were having a wonderful time and they came along and spoiled our finest hour."

– Nancy Mitford, from an interview with Art Buchwald in the New York Herald Tribune, April 1957