Two - 1960–62 - Artworks-Items

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A 62 1/2 by 19 by 20 inch sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. The work's title, "Two," is painted in yellow stenciled letters across the bottom front of the sculpture. An iron wheel is attached to the bottom left and right sides of the sculpture, and a wooden peg has been affixed to the front of the sculpture, in between the wheels. At the top of the sculpture is a green circle with a red numeral two, and below that is a blue circle with a yellow numeral two.

Two

1960–62

Gesso, oil, wood, wire, and iron wheels on wood

62 1/2 × 19 × 20 in. (158.8 × 48.3 × 50.8 cm)

Photo: Bruce C. Jones; Artwork: © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Robert Indiana's journal entry for April 16, 1962

Courtesy Star of Hope Foundation, Vinalhaven, Maine

Installation view of Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 26, 2013–January 5, 2014

Photo: Tom Powel Imaging

Description

Two is just my own personal number. My studio that I lived at, the place that I lived at longest of all in New York was at 2 Spring Street on the Bowery, and it does require two for love, and love has been my greatest preoccupation.

— Robert Indiana

Excerpt from Robert Indiana, Lecture in conjunction with the exhibition Wood Works: Constructions by Robert Indiana, Washington, D.C. May 3, 1984, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.