The diptych Imperial LOVE made its debut in 1966 at the Stable Gallery, in what became known as the “LOVE Show.” It was also included in the 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and in 1968 it was illustrated on the cover of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, recorded by the Toronto Symphony, led by Seiji Ozawa. The title of Messiaen’s symphony is Sanskrit for “song of love.”
