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Hug

1991

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Hug, a 24 by 22 inch painting with the title painted in red letters on a green ground in the upper third of the canvas. The bottom two thirds of the canvas has a light blue ground, with 91 painting in red letters. The numeral nine is titled to the right.

Hug
1991
Oil on canvas
24 x 22 in. (61 x 55.9 cm)

Photo: Courtesy of Christie's, New York; Artwork: © Star of Hope Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine

Installation view of Robert Indiana a Milano, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, July 4–September 14, 2008. Left to right, Hug (1991), Hole (1960–62), and Polygon: Undecagon (1962)

Installation view of Robert Indiana a Milano, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, July 4–September 14, 2008. Left to right, Hug (1991), Hole (1960–62), and Polygon: Undecagon (1962)

Description

No one ever spoke of love in my family. They would hug each other but never really loved each other.

— Robert Indiana

 

Excerpt from a lecture at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, 1969.