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The American Stock Company

1963

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Painting dominated by a large circle against a black and white striped background. The outer ring of the circle contains the title, The American Stock Company, written in yellow stenciled letters. Inside this circle are four smaller ones, each containing a green dollar sign against a blue background, within a white ring containing tiny red dots. In between the four small circles are white arrows.

The American Stock Company
1963
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm)


Photo: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Artwork: © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Installation view of Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 26, 2013–January 5, 2014. Left to right, The Eateria (1962), The American Gas Works (1961–62), Highball on the Redball Manifest (1963), and The American Stock Company (1963),  

Installation view of Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 26, 2013–January 5, 2014. Left to right, The Eateria (1962), The American Gas Works (1961–62), Highball on the Redball Manifest (1963), and The American Stock Company (1963)

 

Photo: Tom Powel Imaging

Description

The American Stock Company is one of a series of paintings on the theme of American industry and power, which Indiana began in 1961. The works, which also include The Great Reap (1961), The American Reaping Company (1961), The Fair Rebecca (1961), The Rebecca (1962), and The American Gas Works (1961–62), critique the optimistic narrative of American consumerism and industry during the postwar years.

The American Stock Company is currently on display in Robert Indiana: The American Dream, Pace Gallery, New York.