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Herbert Lust: Collector, Scholar, Friend
ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
For
Details
ROBERT INDIANA (1928-2018)
For
stenciled with the artist's initials and date 'R. IND. 1962' (on the reverse); signed and dated 'R. INDIANA 1962' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
12 x 11 in. (30.5 x 30 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
For
stenciled with the artist's initials and date 'R. IND. 1962' (on the reverse); signed and dated 'R. INDIANA 1962' (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
12 x 11 in. (30.5 x 30 cm.)
Painted in 1962.
Provenance
Stable Gallery, New York
Babette B. Newburger, Wayland, 1963
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 1980, lot 79
Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1996, lot 224
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner
Babette B. Newburger, Wayland, 1963
Her sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 1980, lot 79
Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1996, lot 224
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner
Literature
J. Rusell, "Robert Indiana," New York Times, 3 March 1989, p. C32.
S. E. Ryan, Robert Indiana: Figures of Speech, New Haven, 2000, pp. 109 and 113, fig. 4.5 (illustrated).
S. Salama-Caro, The Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no.P-1962-47 (illustrated).
S. E. Ryan, Robert Indiana: Figures of Speech, New Haven, 2000, pp. 109 and 113, fig. 4.5 (illustrated).
S. Salama-Caro, The Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, digital, ongoing, no.P-1962-47 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Virginia Lust Gallery, Robert Indiana: Paintings from the Sixties, January-March 1989.
Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Robert Indiana, September-November 1989, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Robert Indiana Sign Paintings, 1960-65, September-October 2015, n.p., fig. 10 (illustrated).
New York, Sotheby's, S 2 Gallery, Robert Indiana: Works from the Collection of Herbert Lust, September-October 2017, pp. 11 and 52-53 (illustrated).
New York, Galerie Gmurzynska, What's for Dinner?, November 2019-January 2020.
New York, Pace Gallery, Robert Indiana: The American Dream, May-August 2025.
Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Robert Indiana, September-November 1989, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Craig F. Starr Gallery, Robert Indiana Sign Paintings, 1960-65, September-October 2015, n.p., fig. 10 (illustrated).
New York, Sotheby's, S 2 Gallery, Robert Indiana: Works from the Collection of Herbert Lust, September-October 2017, pp. 11 and 52-53 (illustrated).
New York, Galerie Gmurzynska, What's for Dinner?, November 2019-January 2020.
New York, Pace Gallery, Robert Indiana: The American Dream, May-August 2025.
Further Details
As explained by Simon Salama Caro in the in the online catalogue raisonné: "Fork, and the related work For, both feature the letters “F-O-R” stenciled above an image of a fork. Indiana was fond of wordplay and exploring the similarities and differences between words, what a word refers to, and the sound of the word itself. Indiana often dropped letters from words in his paintings and sculptures (see for example the painting Polygon: Square [1962], where “square" becomes “quare," and the sculpture Bar [1960–62], an allusion to the curator Alfred H. Barr, Jr. of the Museum of Modern Art, New York). By dropping the letter “K” from fork, Indiana plays with our understanding of the word. “For” and “fork" continue to sound alike and seeing “for” paired with the image of a fork, the reader’s mind quickly adds the missing “k” to “for” in their mind. To further extend the image, Indiana asserts that fork is “for” eating, that is its purpose. “For" may also allude to the four tines on the fork pictured in the painting."
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Michael Baptist
Vice President, Specialist, Co-Head of Day Sale