Robert Indiana Signed HUGE Print The Slips 2001 Limited Edition Artist Proof #11/12

ROBERT INDIANA
"The Slips" 2001

Screenprint on Wove Paper - Limited Edition Artist Proof #11/12

Signed by Robert Indiana

Comes with a Charles Scott Gallery Letter of Authenticity

This incredible (and large) print is of Robert Indiana's painting from 1959-1961 called, "The Slips." This painting and the subsequent print commemorates the eight marine slips in Indiana’s lower Manhattan neighborhood, which ran along Manhattan’s lower east side, north from Coenties Slip. The names appear in sequence if the painting is read top to bottom, down the lefthand column and then down the right; “Coenties Slip / Old Slip / Burlin Slip / Peck Slip / Catharine Slip / Market Slip / Pike Slip / Rutgers Slip.” These slips were central to New York’s role as a major port in the 18th and 19th centuries. By 1850, all of the slips named in the painting had been filled in to become streets, except for Coenties Slip, which remained active as a marine slip until circa 1880, when it too was filled in.

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018)
Year: 2001
Materials: Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Size: 47 x 25-5/8 inches (sheet) 39.75 x 19.5 inches (image)
Edition: A.P. #11/12 (Regular edition was 50)
Signed: Signed, editioned, and dated in pencil along lower edge
Condition: A few minor scattered marks throughout sheet. A few minor handling dents throughout. Unframed.
Printed by Brand X Editions and Published by G & S Editions, New York
Sold for $16,000 pounds in February of 2024 during the Robert Indiana for Yorkshire Sculpture Park – A Benefit Print Exhibition