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"HERM" SCULPTURE DESIGNS (ARTISTS.) INDIANA, ROBERT. Group of 5 ink or graphite drawings, 4 Signed, "R.I." or "R. Indiana," mostly designs for "Herm" sculptures. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd
Sketch for his 1981 sculpture Monarchy. Additionally signed and inscribed, "LO / VE / RI / '17" on verso. 8½x11 inches, pale brown paper; faint scattered dampstaining and smudging. Vinalhaven, 1981, 2017 • Thumbnail sketch, showing two versions of base for Monarchy surrounded by holograph title ("Monarchy") or notes (e.g., "Feet tapered as per main base"). 3½x7¼ inches, ruled paper; irregular left and upper edges. Np, [1981] • Sketch for his 1990 sculpture Mars. 9x6¼ inches, verso of envelope addressed to him from Lorenzelli Arte gallery in Milan. Np, 8 January 1990 • Graphite drawing, unsigned, design for stencil, showing text, "R IND 96," with holograph caption, "Herm Signature / Amor." 2x7 inches. Np, [1996] • Graphite drawing, sketch of unnamed work showing post with text at head "ZE / RO." 8½x11 inches. Np, March 2011. Robert Indiana gave the name "herm sculptures" to the works he created beginning in the 1960s from materials salvaged near Coenties Slip in Manhattan. "Herm" is a term usually applied to a type of stone sculpture from Greek antiquity in which the bust of a man was hewn from a block that was otherwise featureless except for the genitals, which were sculpted in the position on the block where they would be expected, were the sculpture of a complete figure.
