Robert Indiana
Hug
1962
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Robert Indiana
Hug
1962
Physical Qualities
Brown crayon with frottage (rubbing) on paper, Sheet (folded): 102 x 233 mm. (4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Gloria Breeskin Peck, Seattle, Washington
Object Number
1993.167
A New Year's greeting
Gift of the artist to Adelyn Breeskin, by bequest to her daughter, Gloria Peck.
Inscribed: lower left verso in brown crayon: "DEAR M' BREESKIN- / I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR 'FORMALISTS'"; lower right verso in brown crayon: "MY BEST FOR THE / NEW YEAR, / Bob '63"
Markings: Blindstamp: Robert Indiana, New York, New York 1964 U.S.A. 25 Coenties Slip
Artist
Robert Indiana
1927–2017
born New Castle, IN 1928; died Vinalhaven, ME 2018
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