Artwork Details
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Dimensions
144 x 144 x 72 in.
Mark Description
Stamped, lower proper right edge of the "E" along the full length: 1 [gapped] [copyright symbol] R INDIANA [in stencilled font] 1970 [HF symbol for Herbert Feuerlicht, Technical Supervisor of Triad Designs] [three stacked lines of smaller text] WORK EXECUTED BY | Lippincott | NORTH HAVEN CONN
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Gift of the Friends of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in memory of Henry F. DeBoest. Restoration was made possible by Patricia J. and James E. LaCrosse.
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Provenance
(Robert Indiana, New York, New York); Purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indinianapolis, Indiana, in 1975.
Gallery Labels
Over the past four years, Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture has undergone a major overhaul to secure its structural integrity. With the structural repairs now successfully completed, the IMA is taking the final steps to restore its surface appearance.
Technicians recently used a fine air abrasive system to blast the sculpture's surface in order to remove the original textured, dark purple and rust corrosion, which had been marred as a result of the structural repairs. Over the next few years, the clean, freshly exposed Cor-ten steel will re-weather outside and the smooth steel will transform from silver to a variegated purplish brown patina with iridescent overtones. The first stage of this process may surprise viewers because the sculpture will turn birth orange due to rusting which results from the steel being exposed to repeated wet and dry cycles outdoors. The pace of the change in patina will depend on weather conditions, but eventually the object will turn brown and then continue darkening to its popular, recognizable appearance.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
October 25, 1970 - January 3, 1971
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