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Robert Indiana
The Book of Love
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
Sold For
$90,300
1996
The complete set of 12 screenprints in colors and 12 accompanying poems with embossing, on A.N.W. Crestwood Museum Edition paper, with full margins, all loose (as issued), all contained in the original black-lettered cardboard portfolio.
all I. 18 1/4 x 18 in. (46.4 x 45.7 cm)
all S. 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
portfolio 26 x 20 1/2 in. (66 x 52.1 cm)
all S. 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
portfolio 26 x 20 1/2 in. (66 x 52.1 cm)
The prints all signed, dated, and numbered 'XLI/L' in pencil, the poems and colophon all signed and numbered 'XVI/L', additionally numbered 'XLI/L' in pencil on the cover of the portfolio (one of 50 sets in Roman numerals, the edition was 200 and 15 artist's proofs in Arabic numerals), published by American Image Edition, New York, 1997, printed in the United States.