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Decade: Autoportrait 1961 - A square painting with a brown ground dominated by a circle with a large number one with a star and the slanted letters IND layered over it. The words Bowery and Eat also appear in the work, and the number 71

The Bowery: Devil’s Mile is the first exhibition to trace the rich cultural history of New York’s oldest thoroughfare, illuminating the Bowery—now home to the New Museum—as one of the most infamous yet astonishingly underexplored streets in the world.

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A painting dominated by a circle with a large numeral one. Layered over the one are a star and the slanted letters IND. The words Eat and Bowery and the number 71 also appear in the painting.

Decade: Autoportrait 1961, 1971

Photo: Courtesy of Christie's, New York; Artwork: © The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY