Wood, Iron, and Oil - Sculpture - Robert Indiana

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A sculpture consisting of a wooden post with a golden finial on top. Towards the bottom of the sculpture a red rectangular band has been painted around it. In this image on one side we see the number 25 above the date 1957, and on another the number 27 above the date 1957. Above this red painted band there is a peg protruding from each of the sides, and above the peg, on each side and going up to the top of the sculpture, is a row of four sets of metal rings.

School of the Slip

A sculpture consisting of a weathered rectangular piece of wood with a tenon. On the front bottom half is a rusted stove lid, above this, dividing the sculpture in two halves, is a rusted iron bar. A rusted iron wheel is in the upper half of the sculpture, and to the right, below the wheel, is a painted red numeral one.

A hanging construction consisting of a long rectangular wooden plank. Mounted on top of this is a thinner white gessoed board. Towards the bottom front of the sculpture is a metal and wood wheel. A two-pronged tool with a broken wooden handle has been affixed diagonally in the lower upper third of the work. Above this is a painted red letter J. At the top of the white board is a flattened semi-circular piece of rusted metal.

A wall construction; three flat rectangular metal pieces have been affixed on the bottom half of the work, which has been painted white. A circular red metal piece has been affixed on top of the central rectangular piece. Three smaller flat rusted rectangular pieces have been affixed in the top half of the work, and the central rectangular element contains a conical chimney cap at the top and a found metal container in the center. Two faded white orbs appear to the left of the metal elements, and one white orb to the right.

A sculpture constructed from a gessoed fragment of a wooden plank. Three found, rusted metal elements are held in place on down the front of the work with masonry nails, which face outwards towards the viewer. The top element is circular and the largest, the middle element is also circular, and the bottom element is rectangular. The work stands on a block of wood.

A 96 by 21 by 7 inch wooden beam with four orbs in a horizontal row down the front. The bottom three orbs each contain the numeral four within a circle within a square. Below the orbs the word four has been painted in black.

A wall structure created from an old wooden loading ramp with holes in the center. Red and black danger stripes have been painted across the bottom and top of the work. There are two vertical rows of four wheels in between the stripes, in between each of the spokes is a circle containing a number, going from 0 to 9. Red arrows and the numbers 1 through 8 also appear in circles scattered around the front of the sculpture. A red letter M appears above the holes in the center of the sculpture and a red letter W appears below.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon. The top half of the sculpture has been gessoed, the bottom half has been left bare with the exception of four small rectangular white shapes painted in a vertical line from the bottom left halfway up the bare portion of the work. A red band has been painted on the lower part of the gessoed half, and above it is a circular metal disk.

French Atomic Bomb

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon, resting on a wooden base. The work's title, Soul, is painted in white stenciled letters across the bottom of the base. Iron wheels have been affixed to the bottom left and right of the sculpture, in between the wheels are red painted flames. Towards the top of the sculpture is a weathered metal disk. The beam's tenon and top few inches have been painted white.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. An iron wheel is affixed to the upper half of the front of the work; in between each spoke is a white painted orb. Four white stripes are painted around the bottom half of the sculpture, and the front of the base is also painted white.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a concrete base. The works title, Moon, appears in gessoed letters at the top of the sculpture. Four white orbs run horizontally down the work. Aligned with each orb, on the left and right sides of the sculpture, are iron wheels.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. Iron and wooden wheels have been affixed to the lower right and left of the sculpture, in between the wheels, on the front of the sculpture, is a wooden peg. The work's title, Hole, appears above the wheels, painted in black stenciled letters against a yellow band of paint. Above the title are a yellow and a red arrow, each pointing towards a hole in the sculpture. The tenon and top front of the beam are painted red.

A wooden sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. On the top front of the sculpture are two iron and wooden wheels. Below the wheels is a white band of paint with two green circles. Halfway below the white band and the base a wooden peg protrudes from the sculpture.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a wooden base. The lower third of the sculpture has a metal wheel affixed to the front, and the sides are painted with red and white diagonal stripes. A thin white horizontal line has been painted along the top and bottom of this section. Above the line, on the right side, is a red number two. And in the front top third of the sculpture is a white circle with a white star.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon, on a wooden base. A wooden peg protrudes from the front center of the lower quarter of the work. The portion of the sculpture above this is slightly narrower than the rest of the work, and has been gessoed white, except for two rows of two circles, exposing the bare wood. An iron and wood wheel dominates the top half of the sculpture, below is a band of diagonal beige and natural wood diagonal stripes have been painted. Above top of the wheel are four blue circles in a horizontal row, and above the circles is a narrow band of gessoed and exposed wood stripes. The tenon has been gessoed white.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon, on a wooden base. A wheel has been affixed to the lower right and left sides of the sculpture, in between the wheels, protruding from the front of the sculpture, is a wooden peg. In between the upper edges of the wheels is the sculpture's title, "Orb," painted in yellow stenciled letters. Above the title the front of the sculpture has been painted black, with three circles in a vertical row. The top and bottom circles are red, and a yellow triangle has been painted in the lower circle. The inner circle is a metal plate with a white numeral three.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. Two white circles are painted on the front of the sculpture, near the top. An iron wheel has been attached to the middle of the left and right sides of the sculpture, and wire has been wrapped around the work below the wheels.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, standing on a wooden base. The work's title, Cuba, is painted in red letters across the bottom of the plank. Above it is a wooden peg, and to each side is an iron wheel. A green star in a white circle is found in the upper half of the sculpture, and above this the top part of the sculpture, including the tenon, is painted in blue and white vertical stripes.

A sculpture of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a wooden base. The bottom half of the sculpture has been left bare, and an iron wheel has been affixed to the right and left sides. At the bottom of the upper half is a yellow painted band, with the work's title, "Womb," painted in red stenciled letters. Above this are four circles containing an arrow, on a black ground. The top row contains a blue circle with a yellow arrow pointing downwards, and a green circle with a red arrow pointing to the left; and the bottom row contains a red circle with a green arrow pointing to the right, and a yellow circle with a blue arrow pointing upwards.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a wooden base. The sculpture's title, "Bar," is painted in red stenciled letters across the bottom front of the work. Occupying the space from few inches above the title to the top of the sculpture are three painted red circles. The top one is red with a green vertical stripe down the center, the middle one consists of red, green and blue horizontal fields, and the bottom one is blue with a diagonal green stripe down the middle. An iron wheel has been affixed to the right and left sides of the sculpture, just above the title.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. The top half of the sculpture has been painted black, with the exception of a blue containing an exposed wood circle in the top front center, and the top left and right sides, which have been painted with diagonal red and black stripes. The bottom half of the sculpture has been left unpainted, except for the title, "Brow," painted in yellow stenciled letters in the middle of the work. An iron wheel has been affixed to the lower left and right sides of the work, and a wooden peg has been affixed to the front of the sculpture in between the wheels.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. The work's title, "Zig," is painted in black stenciled letters across the bottom of the work. Above the title, affixed on the left and right sides of the sculpture, are metal wheels. A wooden peg has been affixed to the front of the sculpture, in between the top rims of the wheels. A few inches above the peg is a band of yellow and black vertical stripes. The tenon and top of the sculpture have been painted black. Below this is a band of thin metal wires, and below that two rows of two black circles.

A sculpture consisting of a weathered wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a wooden base. The work's title, "Slip" appears against a white gessoed band across the bottom of the sculpture. Above this is an iron wheel has been affixed to the front of the sculpture. The top half of the sculpture has been gessoed white, and a gold double ginkgo leaf has been painted on it. The letter J has been gessoed on the left side of tenon.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a wooden base. The bottom two thirds of the sculpture is painted black, and its title, "Mate," is painted in red stenciled letters across the front of the base. An iron wheel is affixed to the top front of the black section of the sculpture, and a number from 0 to 9 has been painted in white in between each spoke. Below the wheel is a wooden peg and a red arrow pointing to it. The two third of the sculpture is yellow, with an iron wheel affixed on the front of the sculpture and a red number from 0 to 9 painted between each spoke. Red diagonal stripes have been painted on left and right side of the yellow section of the sculpture.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, on a base. The bottom two thirds of the beam is painted black. A large iron wheel has been affixed to the left and right bottom sides of the sculpture, and in between the wheels a wooden peg protrudes from the front of the sculpture. At the top of the black section of the sculpture the work's title, "Six," is painted in yellow stenciled letters. Above this is a strip consisting of thin metal wire, above which the sculpture is exposed wood painted with two vertical rows of three red circles.

A 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.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, and on a wooden base. The sculpture's title, "Chief," is painted in yellow stenciled letters against a red rectangular ground across the bottom of the work. Above the title a wheel is attached to the right and left sides of the sculpture, and a wooden peg has been placed in the front of the sculpture, in between the wheels. At the top of the sculpture is a six pointed star. The top third of the right and sides of the sculpture are painted with diagonal red and yellow stripes, and the sides left and right sides of the tenon are painted red.

A sculpture consisting of a painted black wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a black wooden base. Across the bottom the work's title, Ahab, is painted in black stenciled letters against a white band of paint. Above the title is a wooden peg. A small wheel has been attached to both the right and left side of the upper third of the sculpture. At the top of the sculpture are two white circles.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, standing on a wooden base. An iron and wooden wheel is affixed to the right and left sides at the bottom of the sculpture. In between a red number 25 has been painted. A wooden peg protrudes from the center of the sculpture, and at the top of the sculpture is a red circle containing the word "eat" painted in green stenciled letters.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon on a wooden base. The sculpture is painted black, and its title, "Hub," is painted in yellow stenciled letters across the bottom of the work. An iron and wood wheel has been affixed to the top front of the sculpture. The area behind the wheel has not been painted black, instead a yellow number from 0 to 9 in a red circle, has been painted between each spoke of the wheel, withe the numbers going clockwise.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon on a wooden base. Four iron wheels have been affixed to both the right and left sides of the sculpture, a white star has been painted between each set up wheels. White numbers, from one through five, have been painted down the front, starting with the number 5 above the top star, with the numbers counting downwards, 4, 3, and 2 appearing between stars and 1 below the bottom star. The top of the sculpture, above the number five, has been painted white, and contains the work's stenciled title, "Star."

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam on a wooden base. The sculpture is divided in half by thinner section wrapped in thin iron wire. A red number four has been painted at the bottom front of the lower half, and a wheel has been attached to the left and right sides. An iron disk has been affixed to the front of the sculpture just below the wired section. The top part of the sculpture contains three circles with a yellow number four inside. The top circle is blue, the middle circle green, and the lower circle red.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam on a wooden base. The wood has been painted black, and the work's title, "Gem," painted in blue stenciled letters across the bottom. Five squares run down the front of the work; half the square has been hollowed other has been painted white with a black number two, except for the top square which is painted black with a white two. Two red pegs have been affixed between the second and third squares, and an iron wheel has been affixed to the left and right sides of the sculpture next to the pegs. A white star has been painted above and below the stop square, and on top of the sculpture are two wooden pieces resembling a crest, one blue and the other red.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam on a wooden base. Four iron wheels run up the right side of the sculpture, and an animal skull rests atop the work. The sculpture has been painted black, and its title, "Die," in white stenciled letters across the top front. Four hollowed out rectangles, painted white and containing a metal peg, run down the front of the sculpture. A single white number, starting with four and counting down to one, is painted below each of the rectangular sections.

A wooden column on a wooden base. The top of the column has been painted white, with the work's title, Flagellant, painted in black stenciled letters. Below the title is a red band, where four long ropes with shackles have been attached to the work.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon. The work's title, Bay, is painted in blue letters across the lower front of the work, above the base. A small iron wheel is affixed on each side, and an iron ring on the front center. Above this is a painted blue arrow.

A sculpture consisting of two wooden beams with tenons atop a wooden base atop two forward facing wood risers. The work's title, "Monarchy," has been painted in red stenciled letters across the front of the base. The tenon and upper portion of the left beam has been painted gold. A peg protrudes from the center front of the beam, and a black letter K in a white ground has been painted at the bottom front of the beam. The tenon and upper portion of the right beam has been painted black. Two circular metal shapes have been affixed to the front upper third of the beam, and a metal heart has been affixed to the center front. A red letter Q against a white ground has been painted at the bottom front of the beam.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a tenon on a wooden base. The sculpture's title, "Five," is painted in yellow letters near the bottom front of the sculpture. Three hollowed out squares run up the front of the sculpture, the first above the title, and a wheel has been affixed in the sculpture's sides to the left and right of it. A wooden peg protrudes from the front of the sculpture between the first and second square, and two yellow fives against a red star have been painted above the top square. The work's tenon has been painted red.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base atop two forward facing wood risers. The sculpture's title, "Ash," is painted in white letters towards the bottom front of the sculpture, and a long wooden perpendicular peg has been affixed above the title. To the left and right, affixed to the sides of the sculpture, are iron wheels. An animal skull has been affixed to the top front of the sculpture.

A weathered wood sculpture on a wooden base. The sculpture's title, "Thoth," is painted in black stenciled letters on a white ground across the front of the sculpture, near the base. An iron wheel has been attached to the sides of the sculpture to the left and right of the title. A long metal nail protrudes from the sculpture above the title, and above this is an old rotary tiller wheel. A piece of driftwood, resembling a long beak, has been attached to the front of the work near the top.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam atop a wooden base. The work's title, "Mars," appears in stenciled letters against a white ground across the front bottom of the sculpture. An iron wheel is affixed to both the bottom right and left sides of the sculpture. Three iron brush axes have been affixed to both the upper right and upper left sides of, and an iron pitchfork has been affixed at the top of the sculpture.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam on a wooden base. The work's title, "KvF" appears in stenciled letters against a white ground. An iron wheel is affixed to the right and left sides of the sculpture. On the front of the sculpture, level with the top of the wheels, is an iron disk. Above this a section of the sculpture has been painted with red, blue, white, and black designs that include a cross, stars, and the numbers 2 and 4. At the top of the sculpture is an iron cap with a handle.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. The work's title, "Hero," appears in stenciled letters against a white base across the bottom front of the beam. A long weathered piece of wood has been affixed to the front of the sculpture, The top section of the piece of wood is painted white with a green circle, and a white square has been painted towards the bottom of the affixed piece of wood. Nails are arranged in a circular pattern within the square. A flat piece of metal has been affixed to the upper left and right sides of the sculpture.

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. Four iron wheels run down the left and right sides of the sculpture. At the front top is a white star, below it the words "Hug," "Err," "Eat," and "Die" are painted in white stenciled letters.

The American Dream

A sculpture consisting of a wooden beam on a wooden base. The work's title, "Icarus," has been painted in brown stenciled letters across the front of the base. An ornamental iron piece has been affixed to the front center of the sculpture, to the left and right of it an old metal tiller wheel has been affixed to the sides of the sculpture. A pile of iron chains has been placed on the top part of the sculpture.

A sculpture titled Four Star consisting of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon on a wooden base. An iron wheel is affixed to the bottom right and to the bottom left sides of the sculpture. The beam has been painted black except for four vertical stars on the front of the sculpture, which expose the natural wood.

A sculpture consisting of a weathered wooden log on a circular stone base with a painted animal skull attached to the top front.

A sculpture consisting of a weathered piece of wood on a stone base. An iron wheel has been affixed to the right and left sides, near the base, and the sculpture's title, AMOR, appears in white stacked letters on a red base near the top of the sculpture.

A sculpture consisting of a severely weathered tree trunk atop a circular stone base atop a cross shaped wooden base. The sculpture's title, "Eve" appears on one side of the wooden base, "Ind" on another. An iron wheel has been affixed to the right and to the left sides of the sculpture, just above the base.

A sculpture consisting of fragment of a wooden beam with a haunched tenon, resting on a wooden base. The work's title, "Star," is painted in white stenciled letters across the front of the base. A metal star is affixed to the center front of the sculpture, and a small wheel has been affixed on both sides of the sculpture, to the left and right of the star. The top part of the sculpture has been painted white, with an uneven bottom edge, resembling dripping paint.

A sculpture consisting of a severely weathered log standing on a circular base. Twelve wheels are affixed to each side of the sculpture, all the same size except for the first set, which is larger. In between the two lower wheels is a peg.

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