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KvF XVII (Hartley Elegy)

1989–94

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KvF XVII, a black, red, yellow, blue, and white circular painting with a 60 inch diameter consisting of numerous stylized elements. At the center bottom of the circle is a black circle surrounded by a white ring surrounded by a red ring and yellow ring, the latter two cutting off so that only a semi circle is visible. At the top of the circle is a red letter E against a blue rectangular ground, and below is a black iron cross in a red circle with a black band. Other design elements include a blue and white diamond pattern, a black and white checkerboard pattern, and black and white wavy stripes.

KvF XVII (Hartley Elegy)

1989–94

Oil on canvas

Diameter: 60 in. (152.4 cm), tondo

 

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

The Bavarian flag; its blue and white diamond pattern is referenced in KvF XVII. Marsden Hartley, Karl von Freyburg, and von Freyburg's cousin Arnold Rönnebeck traveled to Munich, the capital of Bavaria, together 

The Bavarian flag; its blue and white diamond pattern is referenced in KvF XVII. Marsden Hartley, Karl von Freyburg, and von Freyburg's cousin Arnold Rönnebeck traveled to Munich, the capital of Bavaria, together 

Description

I have always thought of my work as being celebratory. . . . Let’s say it’s the three C’s—commemorative, celebratory, and colorful.

— Robert Indiana

 

Robert L. B. Tobin, William Katz, and Donald B. Goodall, Robert Indiana (Austin: University of Texas, 1977), p. 25.