This untitled work depicting a man reading a newspaper is an example of the figurative work that Robert Indiana, then known as Robert Clark, produced as a student at Arsenal Technical High School. While Clark spent much of his time in art classes, he also gained experience working for newspapers during his high school years: he took a job as a runner in the advertising department of the Indianapolis Star, and worked on the staff of The Arsenal Cannon, the school newspaper, providing occasional illustrations and poems. Later, while stationed at Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, as a member of the U.S. Air Force, he served as the editor of the base’s newspaper, Sourdough Sentinel.
