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Stable

1962

Images

Stable, a 50 by 40 inch black and white painting dominated by a circle enclosing a white star, surrounded by a white ring with the text "Stable 16 October 62" painted in black stenciled letters. Below the circle Indiana has been painted in white stenciled letters.

Stable

1962

Oil on canvas

50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm)

 

Photo: Kevin Ryan Image, New York; Artwork: © Star of Hope Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine

 

Installation view of Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, June 16–September 23, 2018. Left to right, Zenith (1960), Call Me Indiana (1964/1998), The Melville Triptych (1962), and Stable (1962),  

Installation view of Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, June 16–September 23, 2018. Left to right, Zenith (1960), Call Me Indiana (1964/1998), The Melville Triptych (1962), and Stable (1962)

 

Photo: Tom Powel Imaging

Description

This painting was created as the basis of a poster for Indiana's solo exhibition at the Stable Gallery in New York which ran from October 16 through November 3, 1962. The poster was commercially printed as an offset lithograph measuring 26 x 24 inches (66 x 61 cm).