Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)

LOVE, 1973

Painted aluminum, 6 x 6 x 3 feet. Gift of Ken and Linda Wilson. 2000.031

Location: Pond behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts

Robert Indiana’s LOVE is the most frequently quoted artistic image of recent times. Capturing both a historic moment and sensibility with its bold graphic design, it has appeared as greeting card, jewelry design, and United States postage stamp. The contrast between cool formalist lettering and the emotive significance of the word “love” produces a tension characteristic of Indiana’s work.

Robert Indiana, LOVE

Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
LOVE, 1973
Painted aluminum, 6 x 6 x 3 feet. Gift of Ken and Linda Wilson. 2000.031

Location: Pond behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts

Robert Indiana, LOVE (display)

Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
LOVE, 1973
Painted aluminum, 6 x 6 x 3 feet. Gift of Ken and Linda Wilson. 2000.031 (detail of photo by Jack Goodman '03)

Location: Pond behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts