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Ahava (blue and white) - Signed Print by Robert Indiana 1993 - MyArtBroker

Ahava (blue and white)
Signed Print

Robert Indiana

£6,500-£9,500Value Indicator

$13,000-$19,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥90,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,220,000-¥1,780,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 150

Year: 1993

Size: H 95cm x W 90cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Robert Indiana’s Ahava (blue and white) is estimated to be worth between £4,700 and £7,000. This signed screenprint, created in 1993, has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 21st July 2010. There have been no sales within the last 12 months. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
Larsen Gallery United States
Larsen Gallery United States
May 2018Swann Galleries United States
July 2010Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

This print is a later reformulation of Indiana’s infamous LOVE paintings, first developed by the artist in the 1960s. Selected by the Museum of Modern Art for its Christmas card in 1965, Indiana’s initial LOVE painting quickly became a universally recognised image. For the rest of his career Indiana consistently expanded the series, reworking his basic concept in
different colours, mediums, and languages. This print was created after a monumental steel sculpture by Indiana, in the same four-letter form, made for the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Ahava (blue and white) represents the unending relevance of Indiana’s LOVE artworks, which he described as being one-word poems. Through translation across language and media he reaffirmed the universality of love itself, creating, in the words of poet Robert Creeley, “an international sign of transcendent power.”

  • A key player in the early Pop Art movement, Robert Indiana carved a career inspired by American culture. Exploring advertisement and the visuals of 1960s America, Indiana used language and commercial imagery to draw on elements of the familiar and ordinary whilst also driving the development of assemblage and sculpture. The interplay of colour and form is a constant throughout his oeuvre, and allows the likes of his LOVE series' to be instantly attributed to him across the globe. Remaining involved in social and politically charged art projects until 2018, Indiana leaves behind a bold legacy which is testament to the resonance of his works.