Robert Indiana 18K Yellow Gold "Love" Ring, Numbered 18 of 100
Item Details
A solid 18K polished yellow gold LOVE ring by pop artist Robert Indiana (1928-2018), inscribed RI 18 (18th ring in edition of 100).
Provenance; The ring was gifted by Robert Indiana to Eleanor Rigelhaupt (Proprietor of the Rigelhaupt Gallery, Boston, Mass) who wore it everyday of her life until she passed away, thence by descent.
Robert Clark was born in New Castle, Indiana and assumed the name of his native state as his pseudonymous surname early in his career. He was an American sign PAINTER rather than a SIGN painter, the emphasis summing up his view on the world of contemporary art. His iconic work takes the everyday American road sign and applies vividly colorful geometric graphics as a commentary on the rebellious culture during the 1960s.
Robert Indiana studied at the Heron School of Art in Indianapolis, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York then earned his degree from the School of Art Institute of Chicago in 1953. After receiving a European travel fellowship in 1954, he attended Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland.
The artist is renown for taking simple, everyday words such as ‘EAT’, ‘LOVE’ and ‘DIE’ then using graphic lettering in bright primary colors to encourage viewers to see the commonplace in a new way. His ‘LOVE’ series sprang from a 1964 commission to turn a closed Church of Christ, Scientist church into an art gallery then was used as the Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in 1965. So recognized as an image of the Pop Art era that it was adopted as a United States postage stamp in 1973.
| Brand/Designer: | Robert Indiana |
| Materials: | 18K Yellow Gold |
| Ring Size: | 7.25 |
| Hallmarks: | RI18 18K |
| Total Weight (grams): | 25.00 dwt |
Condition
- minor markings throughout.
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Item #
ITMG122219
