Robert Indiana Sued Over a Question of False "Love" May 7, 2012, 2:50 pm The Pop artist Robert Indiana, best known for his "LOVE" sculptures, in which the letters "L" and a tilted "O" rest above the letters "V" and "E," is being sued by Joao Tovar, a Monaco-based collector who says the artist renounced a sculpture that Mr. Tovar bought after first certifying it was authentic, according to the Bangor Daily News. Mr. Tovar bought 10 sculptures called "PREM"-in which that word, Hindi for love, was spelled out in Roman letters arranged much like those in "LOVE"-from John Gilbert, a longtime business associate of Mr. Indiana's. The sculptures, which Mr. Tovar claims were valued at $1.5 million in 2009, were slated to be auctioned at Christie's before Mr. Indiana rejected them as his work, according to the suit. Mr. Indiana says that the piece of paper saying "For Tovar" that he signed was simply a souvenir signature. Mr. Tovar, who has already lost a federal suit on this issue, filed another suit in Knox County Superior Court in Maine last week. Mr. Indiana, 83, lives in Vinalhaven Island in Maine. Mr. Indiana recently reached a settlement in another lawsuit, with Mr. Gilbert, by which Mr. Gilbert is forbidden from saying he has any business or artistic relationship with Mr. Indiana. He is also prohibited from claiming that Mr. Indiana had anything to do with the "PREM" sculptures. Mr. Gilbert had sued Mr. Indiana in Manhattan federal court, but the judge ruled against him, saying that Mr. Indiana had only agreed to use of the Sanskrit characters for love, not the English transliteration. The judge noted that Mr. Indiana said "PREM" in Roman letters was a design "monstrosity" and resembled a refrigerator.