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1, 2, 3, 4

1968

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1, 2, 3, 4, a 12-inch square painting, the top half consisting of the numerals one and two in blue against a white background, and the bottom half of the numerals three and four in white against a red background.

1, 2, 3, 4

1968

Oil on canvas

12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)

 

Photo: Courtesy of Christie's, New York; Artwork: © Star of Hope Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine

Exploding Numbers Box, 1966

Exploding Numbers Box

1966

Screenprint on wood, 4 boards, in wooden box with screenprinted cover

10 7/8 x 10 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. (27.6 x 27.6 x 9.2 cm)

Published by Multiples, Inc.

 

Artwork: © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Description

I’m doing some number paintings where there are no words whatsoever, and this I suppose represents painting down and coming down to more, shall we say, the essence of one aspect of my work and that’s the graphic aspect, not the, shall we say, the subject aspect.

— Robert Indiana

 

Arthur C. Carr, "The Reminiscences of Robert Indiana," New York, November 1965, Arthur C. Carr papers; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library, pp. 77–78.