Feb 17, 2022 - Sale 2595

Sale 2595 - Lot 136

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
INDIANA, ROBERT. Sheet of 50 8-cent "LOVE" stamps dated and Signed, "V[inal]h[aven] RIndiana 2013," vertically in right margin. The stamps, each a reproduction of his oil on canvas painting LOVE (1965). Plate No. 33935, Scott #1475. 10 1/4x9 inches; mint never-hinged. Vinalhaven, 2013

Additional Details

In 1972, the US Postal Service commissioned Robert Indiana, together with art director Bradbury Thompson, to create a postage stamp utilizing the design of Indiana's 1965 LOVE painting, entitling the stamp, "A Special Stamp for Someone Special."
Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift the current owner.