1955–1959 - Paintings - Robert Indiana

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A painting of three dark brown totem like heads, the first with nails in it. In between the first two heads are the words Mene and Tekel; in between the second two heads is the word Mene

Mene Mene Tekel

Painting of three expressionistic heads on a gold background. The word "Tekel" is written in red above the head at the left, and there is a white oval painted above each of the other two heads.

Tekel (“Brothers” Odd Fellows)

A painting of a black avocado seed shape surrounded by green and blue planes of color against a white background

A painting of two black avocado seed shapes silhouetted by brown planes of color against a white background

Three horizontal rows of two golden orbs on a plywood background

A red painting with three horizontal rows of three golden orbs

Nine Golden Orbs

A painting with a gold rectangle that occupies the central two thirds of the panel and contains five horizontal rows of four orbs that reveal the plywood

Twenty Golden Orbs

Three vertical rows of seven golden orbs against a plywood background. A gold vertical stripe separates the first row of orbs from the second two. A golden stipe has also been painted on the bottom and top edges of the plywood.

Twenty-one Golden Orbs

Two large golden orbs on a plywood panel. A gold stripe along all four edges of the panel surrounds the two orbs.

Two Golden Orbs

A painting of a large golden orb in the center of a plywood panel. Above and below the orb are two golden rectangles. The bottom rectangle is taller than the top one.

A red painting with two vertical rows of four orbs, separated by a blue stripe down the center of the work. The orbs are green, surrounded by a blue ring with red text. Each ring contains the name of a slip in Indiana's Lower Manhattan.

A painting consisting of six horizontal rows of four orbs against a blue background. The top row of orbs are white and contain a blue star. They are separated from the five lower orbs by a red stripe. The five lower orbs each contain a three letter female name. The painting's title, The American Sweetheart, appears in green stenciled letters at the bottom of the painting.

The American Sweetheart