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.

This journal page covers November 25–27, 1960. Indiana frequently references current events in his journals, and the first entry on the page, for November 25, simply states "Kennedy's baby boy," a reference to the birth of John F. Kennedy Jr. The entry for November 26 consists of a sketch of Untitled, which Indiana notes is "my gift to Art," referring to clinical psychologist and art collector Arthur Carr, whose birthday was the following day.

In his entry for November 27, Indiana records that Carr's party was over at three, and that the two of them walked to Columbus Circle for a coffee. He bemoans forgetting his hat at the party, that "in this weather I shall miss it until it is recovered." He also observes that there are only brown leaves on the sycamore trees, and that it was "a steady veering into winter."