Hope (Red-Blue), 2009. polychrome aluminum 36 x 36 x 18 in. (91.4 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm) Signed, numbered, and dated "R. Indiana, 2009, I/VIII" on the reverse. This work is number one from an edition of eight plus one artist's proof.

PROVENANCE Rosenbaum Gallery, Boca Raton Private collection, Europe
Indiana said he has been fooling around with the word "hope" for a number of years. But it wasn't until Obama came along — with his message of hope and his book "The Audacity of Hope" — that Indiana turned it into a work of art. "It's really a brother to LOVE, or a sister or a very close family member," he said. (The Associated Press, 2008)