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Liberty '76

Date1975

Artist Robert Indiana (American painter and sculptor, 1928–2018)

Publisher Styria Studio Inc.

MediumNine-color screen print

Dimensionscomposition: 38 × 34 in. (96.5 × 86.4 cm)
sheet: 40 × 36 in. (101.6 × 91.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lorillard, a Division of Loew's Theatres, Inc., 1975

Object number1975-139

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ClassificationsPRINT

Label TextIndiana accompanied this print with text that obliquely identifes the American tradition of free expression in the journalists and publishers whose work led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974:

“‘They chose to be free; free we choose to be’ is how I intended the legend of this serigraph to read with accent on the reaffirmation of that freedom 200 years after its declaration and at the time of greatest peril to our individual liberties suffered over the course of those two centuries. I offer this piece not only as a celebration of that anniversary but also for our recent rescue via those who use the printed word for tis maximum effect – an endeavor I believe my work to share.” - RI