Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
USA, 1971
Robert Indiana (b. 1928) – American Pop artist
‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart’
Signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated in pencil lower margin ‘R. Indiana 1971’
Numbered in pencil lower right ‘XIV/L’
Printed and published by Domberger, Germany with artist’s copyright ink stamp lower right
Sheehan 62
Full margins, matted
Image dimensions: 23 ½ x 19 ½ in. (59.7 x 49.5 cm.)
Sheet dimensions: 25 ½ x 23 in. (64.8 x 59.9 cm.)
Overall dimensions: 31 x 26 in. (78.7 x 66 cm.)
Very good condition

Featuring Indiana’s bold, hard-edge style, this screenprint pays tribute to Mozart’s 1787 compositionEine Kleine Nachtmusik, which translates roughly to “a little night music.” At the center of the image is a blue circle with red stars and moon, all surrounding by the title.

Executed in 1971, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is signed, inscribed, dated and numbered XIV from an edition of L. Printed and published by Domberger, Germany with artist’s copyright ink stamp lower right, the work has full margins and is matted. The image measures 23 ½ x 19 ½ inches. In overall good condition with no tears or repairs but with small areas of staining from previous taping in the upper and left margin, not affecting the image.

Robert Indiana (American, b. 1928)

Robert Indiana, one of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, has played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting and Pop art. A self-proclaimed “American painter of signs,” Indiana has created a highly original body of work that explores American identity, personal history and the power of abstraction and language, establishing an important legacy that resonates in the work of many contemporary artists who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre. He is most famous for his “Love” paintings and sculptures, first produced in the 1960s. His “LOVE” painting was reproduced on a postage stamp in 1973 and his “LOVE” sculptures are installed in public spaces worldwide.

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