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ROBERT INDIANA ERR.
Photoengraving and etching on off-white Rives BFK, 1963. 112x151 mm; 4 1/2x6 inches, wide margins. Progressive trial proof, aside from the edition of 60. Signed, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof 'E'" and "CHI" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by the artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A very good impression of this scarce, early proof.
According the Sheehan, Indiana (1928-2018) printed only six progressive trial proofs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he learned printmaking from 1949 to 1952, under the supervision of Vera Berdich (inscribed "CHI"). Additionally 13 trial proofs were printed at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York (these inscribed "NYC"). The regular edition was printed by Atelier Georges Lablanc, Paris and published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to be included in International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered, Volume 5. The plate used for this print was originally given to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by the R.R. Donnelly Company, printers of Life magazine. Indiana discovered the plate while visiting Berdich at the school and decided to use it in his contribution to the Avant-garde portfolio. Sheehan 29.
