Name/Title
LoveEntry/Object ID
1998.0005.0001Description
Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture is one of the most ubiquitous images in the City of Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love. Another version of this sculpture can be seen in LOVE Park at 18th and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, where it was originally installed in 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
LOVE is emblematic of Indiana’s Pop Art style. His work often consists of bold, simple, iconic images, especially numbers and short words like EAT and HUG. LOVE was first created for the Museum of Modern Art's 1964 Christmas card and was even used as a design for a US Postal Service stamp in 1973.
In 2008, Indiana created an image similar to his iconic LOVE (the word HOPE) and donated all proceeds from the sale of reproductions of his image to Barrack Obama’s presidential campaign, raising over one million dollars.Made/Created
Notes
Date made: 1996/1999Dimensions
Dimension Description
FrameDimension Description
SizeHeight
72 inWidth
72 inDepth
36 in