Robert Indiana Wins Suit Over Hindi ‘Love’ Sculptures

THE NEW YORK TIMES

A "LOVE" sculpture outside of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.Credit A. J. Mast for The New York Times

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the artist Robert Indiana, best known for his “LOVE” sculpture featuring a tilted letter “O,” in a suit claiming that the artist had renounced work he had previously authenticated. The suit, filed by Joao Tovar, a dealer from Monaco, concerned a group of ten sculptures called “English PREM,” in which that word (Hindi for “love”) was spelled out in capital letters arranged much like those in the “LOVE” sculpture, with the first two letters above the last two. Mr. Tovar, who bought the works in 2008 from John Gilbert, a longtime associate of Mr. Indiana. [link]