"ROBERT INDIANA" par Carl J. Weinhardt. Editions Harry N. Abrams, New York. 1990. Imprimé au Japon. in-4, couverture toilée grise sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs. 232 pages. Texte en anglais illustré de très nombreuses reproductions photographiques in-texte et hors texte, 72 en couleurs et 206 en noir & blanc, d'œuvres de Robert Indiana. 

 

"This is the first monograph on a major American artist, Robert Indiana, who came of age creatively in the Pop era and who paints the American dream in letters and numbers. His material is the iconography of the American landscape-highway signs and commercial labels, traffic warnings, diners, juke joints, and pinball machines. A self-described "celebratory" artist who "wishes to reach the broadest possible public", Robert Indiana has practiced an art that knows no boundaries of medium, size, or format. His most famous image - LOVE - was reproduced on a postage stamp that was reprinted in the millions, and Indiana translated the same image into several monumental sculptures..."

 

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