Robert Indiana kept a series of illustrated journals during the late 1950s and 1960s, in which he discusses the development of his work as well as his daily life on Coenties Slip.

Notes at the top of Indiana's journal entry for February 25, 1962, reference two of his works. "Last day for American Dream" refers to the exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, in which the painting was included, and which was closing that day. "Place Law" refers to an exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art's Penthouse, opening the following day, which Indiana helped Campbell Wylly (the curator and a friend) install. 

Indiana records that gallerist Allan Stone had said that he would be visiting the studio that day, so he spent a lot of time cleaning the "chaos [this] recent straight-though work had put [the] place into. Mopped the floor and got my work into some order for [the] purpose of presentation." He also notes that he gave The Green Diamond Eat a second coat of green on its outer ground.

Indiana goes on to say that it was a lovely day day and the light would have been good for showing his works, except that Stone did not appear, and only when leaving at five did he discover his card in the door. Of the situation he writes, "pretty piss-poor show—all around. Certainly nothing has been auspicious in the way of the Stone Gallery."