Lieben Dank,
Das Werk polarisiert sicherlich, was sich u.a. auch aus der Entstehungsgeschichte erklären läßt:
Lithografie aus 1991, aus dem Zyklus der Hartley ElegiesHommage an Marsden Hartley, berühmtester Künstler der Stadt Maine, inspiriert von Hartleys Kriegsmotiven (1914/15)
This large (almost 43" high) commanding color silkscreen on white wove paper is based on a series of works Pop Art legend Robert Indiana created as a tribute to Marsden Hartley. The dates are the birth and death of Hartley. Robert Indiana learned that this former grocery store was adjacent to the house that Marsden Hartley lived in during the summer of 1938. This coincidence brings the idea of an homage to Maine’s most famous native artist. The image was inspired by Hartley's boldly abstract War Motif paintings between 1914 and 1915.
The edition is 150, and features a blindstamp in the lower left with "edition of 150" embossed in a circle. For this print, Indiana uses one of Hartley's most abstract and dynamic "Berlin Series" works. Painting No. 5 (Berlin 1914-1915), in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, displays Hartley's profound feelings about the ensuing conflict of World War I and his fascination with the frenzy surrounding him. While symbols representing Von Freyburg, such as the chessboard, iron cross, and arabesque- like epaulet pattern remain prominent, the structural elements of the work hold equal significance. In very good condition; unframed.
Signature: Signed and dated in pencil on the recto (front); with artists's printed name and personal copyright; stamped from the edition of 150; with publisher's blindstamp (on recto)
Publisher: Brand X and Granada Editions
