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BEAN BUD,
1945
ink on paper
8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.
(22.2 x 29.2 cm)
The Estate of Robert Indiana
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JO ELLEN AND THE BUS DEPOT
1945
UNTITLED
1945
UNTITLED
1945
WOMAN ON A BUS
1945
UNTITLED
1945
MY COUSIN'S GENERAL STORE IN BEAN BLOSSOM, INDIANA (DEAD PINE)
1945
UNTITLED
1945
TECH
1945
500
1945
JIM RILEY'S DEAD. . .
1945
WHERE IT ALL STARTED
1946
PILATE WASHING HIS HANDS
1953
DAVID PHILLIPS
1954
FRACTURED CRUCIFIX FOR THE GENTLE UNBELIEVER
1954
WHEN THE WORD IS LOVE
1955
TEKEL ("BROTHERS" ODD FELLOWS)
1955–56/1989
MENE MENE TEKEL
1955–56/1989
25 COENTIES SLIP, JULY 20, 1957
1957
THE TUGBOAT WILLIAM J. TRACY, 18 JULY 1957
1957
THE BATTERY TUNNEL, 20 JULY 1957
1957
JACK YOUNGERMAN CLEANING
1957
SCHOOL OF THE SLIP
1957/2004
HUB
1957/2005
STAVROSIS
1958
NINE GOLDEN ORBS
1959
SOURCE I
1959
SOURCE II
1959
THE SLIPS
1959–60
SUN AND MOON
1959–60
FRENCH ATOMIC BOMB
1959–60
THE AMERICAN SWEETHEART
1959–61
THE SWEET MYSTERY
1959–62
FOUR
1959–62/1972
TWO GOLDEN ORBS
1959/2001
TWENTY GOLDEN ORBS
1959/2001
GINKGO
1960
RA
1960
TERRE HAUTE
1960
SOUL
1960
OWL
1960
MOON
1960
M
1960
GE
1960
WALL OF CHINA
1960–61
ELECTI
1960–61
THE AMERICAN DREAM, I
1960–61
MARINE WORKS
1960–62
MATE
1960–62
TWO
1960–62
JEANNE D'ARC
1960–62
BAR
1960–62
ZIG
1960–62
THE TRIUMPH OF TIRA
1960–62
LAW
1960–62
AHAB
1960–62
STAR
1960–62
WOMB
1960–62
CUBA
1960–62
ORB
1960–62
HOLE
1960–62
MELVILLE
1961
BALLYHOO
1961
4-STAR LOVE
1961
HARDROCK
1961
THE AMERICAN REAPING COMPANY
1961
THE CALUMET
1961
THE FAIR REBECCA
1961
YEAR OF METEORS
1961
SLIP
1961
THE AMERICAN GAS WORKS
1961–62
A DIVORCED MAN HAS NEVER BEEN THE PRESIDENT
1961–62
GOD IS A LILY OF THE VALLEY
1961–62
DOWN
1962
UP
1962
GRASS
1962
FOR
1962
THE BLACK DIAMOND AMERICAN DREAM # 2
1962
THE RED DIAMOND AMERICAN DREAM # 3
1962
THE MELVILLE TRIPTYCH
1962
EAT/DIE
1962
THE GREEN DIAMOND EAT/THE RED DIAMOND DIE
1962
HUG
1962
THE EATERIA
1962
THE DIETARY
1962
THE REBECCA
1962
HUB
1962
EAT
1962
CHIEF
1962
DIE
1962/1984
GEM
1962/1984
THE AMERICAN STOCK COMPANY
1963
HIGHBALL ON THE REDBALL MANIFEST
1963
THE BIG FOUR
1963
THE AMERICAN DIE
1963
RED SAILS
1963
THE BEWARE-DANGER AMERICAN DREAM # 4
1963
THE DEMUTH AMERICAN DREAM NO. 5
1963
THE FIGURE 5
1963
THE SMALL DIAMOND DEMUTH FIVE
1963
THE X-5
1963
NEW GLORY PENNY
1963
THE BLACK YIELD BROTHER III
1963–64
COLUMN LOVE
1963–64
COLUMN EAT
1963–64
MOTHER AND FATHER
1963–66
FLAGELLANT
1963/1969
ACT II, SCENES 1 & 2
1964
ACT I, SCENE 4
1964
ACT II, SCENE 3
1964
ACT I, SCENES 3–5
1964
ACT I, SCENES 3–5
1964
ACT I, SCENE 2
1964
ACT II, SCENE 3
1964
ACT I, SCENE 1
1964
ACT I, SCENE 2
1964
LOVE IS GOD
1964
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
1964
LOVE
1964
LOVE
1964
COLUMN HUG
1964
COLUMN EAT/HUG/ERR
1964
COLUMN EAT/HUG/DIE
1964
THE ELECTRIC EAT
1964–2007
ONE
1964–65
TWO
1964–65
THREE
1964–65
FOUR
1964–65
FIVE
1964–65
SEVEN
1964–65
USA 666 (THE SIXTH AMERICAN DREAM)
1964–66
EXPLODING NUMBERS
1964–66
MY MOTHER
1964/1998
MY FATHER
1964/1998
DILLINGER
1964/1998
CALL ME ISHMAEL
1964/1998
CALL ME INDIANA
1964/1998
BOB'S COLUMN
1964/1998
SIX
1965
EIGHT
1965
NINE
1965
ZERO
1965
ALABAMA
1965
MISSISSIPPI
1965
LOUISIANA
1965
MODEL T
1966
VOTE FOR WOMEN
1966
COSTUME: ANGEL MORE
1966
COSTUME: ANNE
1966
COSTUME: HENRY B.
1966
COSTUME: HENRIETTA M.
1966
COSTUME: POSTILLION
1966
COSTUME: JENNY REEFER
1966
COSTUME: INDIANA ELLIOT
1966
COSTUME: LILLIAN RUSSELL
1966
COSTUME: INDIANA ELLIOT'S BROTHER
1966
COSTUME: GEN. U.S GRANT
1966
COSTUME: DONALD GALLUP
1966
COSTUME: JOHN ADAMS
1966
COSTUME: DANIEL WEBSTER
1966
COSTUME: ANNA HOPE
1966
COSTUME: ISABEL WENTWORTH
1966
COSTUME: ANTHONY COMSTOCK
1966
COSTUME: GLOSTER HEMING
1966
COSTUME: JO THE LOITERER
1966
COSTUME: CHRIS THE CITIZEN
1966
COSTUME: THADDEUS STEVENS
1966
COSTUME: GERTRUDE S.
1966
COSTUME: HERMAN ATLAN
1966
COSTUME: ANDREW JOHNSON
1966
ACT II, SCENE 2
1966
FLORIDA
1966
THE SPREAD EAGLE LOVE (ONE STAR)
1966
THE CARDINAL NUMBERS
1966
LOVE
1966
LOVE WALL
1966
THE GREAT LOVE
1966
THE IMPERIAL LOVE
1966
THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM: NEW YORK
1966
666
1966
AMERICAN STEER/HUG
1966
LOVE
1966–1999
THE ELECTRIC LOVE
1966–2000
LOVE WALL
1966–2006
COSTUME: CONSTANCE FLETCHER
1966/1976
COSTUME: CREW MEMBER
1966/1976
COSTUME: SUSAN B. ANTHONY
1966/1976
THE MOTHER OF US ALL COSTUME DESIGN
1966/1976
LOVE
1967
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF NORMA JEAN MORTENSON
1967
LOVE CROSS
1968
LOVE RISING (THE BLACK AND WHITE LOVE)
1968
NEW CASTLE
1969
APOGEE
1970
ART
1970
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1961 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1962 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1964 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1965 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1966 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1967 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1968 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1969 (24 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1960 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1961 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1962 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1963 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1964 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1965 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1966 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1967 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1968 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1969 (48 in.)
1971
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1966 (72 in.)
1972
ART
1972–2001
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1965 (72 in.)
1975
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1967 (72 in.)
1975–76
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1968 (72 in.)
1975–76
SPEAKERS' PLATFORM
1976
PROW—SHIP OF STATE
1976
OVERCOMING THE WILDERNESS
1976
PORTSIDE VIEW, SHIP OF STATE
1976
STARBOARD VIEW, SHIP OF STATE
1976
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S FRONT PORCH
1976
ACT II, SCENES 1–2
1976
VILLAGE GREEN, (ACT I, SCENES 3–5)
1976
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
1976
ACT I, SCENE 1
1976
PATRIAE PATER FLOAT—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION (SIDE VIEW)
1976
PATRIAE PATER FLOAT—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION
1976
FREEDOM FLOAT—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION (SIDE VIEW)
1976
FREEDOM FLOAT—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION
1976
SPIRIT OF 76 TRIPTYCH—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION
1976
SPIRIT OF 76—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION
1976
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'S FRONT PORCH
1976
ACT I, SCENES 3 & 5
1976
ACT II, SCENES 1 & 2
1976
TRANSFIGURATION OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY
1976
PATRIOTIC VIEW, SHIP OF STATE
1976
STARBOARD VIEW, SHIP OF STATE
1976
PORTSIDE VIEW, SHIP OF STATE
1976
ACT I, SCENE 1
1976
WIN THE VOTE
1976
URN WITH FLOWERS
1976
VILLAGE GREEN
1976
FREEDOM—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION I
1976
SHIP OF STATE—VOTES FOR WOMEN
1976
SPIRIT OF 76—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION II
1976
GEORGE WASHINGTON—BICENTENNIAL PROCESSION III
1976
ACT I, SCENE 2
1976
COSTUME: ANNE
1976
COSTUME: NEGRO WOMAN
1976
COSTUME: INDIANA ELLIOT
1976
COSTUME: NEGRO MAN
1976
COSTUME: SUSAN B. ANTHONY
1976
COSTUME: VIRGIL T.
1976
ACT I, SCENE 3
1976
ACT I, SCENE 2
1976
ACT I, SCENE 1
1976
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1963 (72 in.)
1976
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1964 (72 in.)
1976
AHAVA
1977
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1960 (72 in.)
1977
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1961 (72 in.)
1977
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1962 (72 in.)
1977
DECADE: AUTOPORTRAIT 1969 (72 in.)
1977
ONE THROUGH ZERO (THE TEN NUMBERS)
1980–2001
ONE THROUGH ZERO (THE TEN NUMBERS)
1980–2003
MONARCHY
1981
FIVE
1984
KvF VI (Hartley Elegy)
1989
KvF XVI (Hartley Elegy)
1989-94
KvF I (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KVF III (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF IV (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF V (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF VII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF VIII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF X (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XI (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XIII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XIV (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XV (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XVII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
KvF XVIII (Hartley Elegy)
1989–94
MARS
1990
KvF IX (Hartley Elegy)
1990
THE AMERICAN DREAM
1992
ICARUS
1992
KvF II (Hartley Elegy)
1992
FOUR STAR
1993
EVE
1997
THE SEVENTH AMERICAN DREAM
1998
AMOR
1998–2006
NEW GLORY BANNER
1999
MARILYN, MARILYN
1999
THE EIGHTH AMERICAN DREAM
2000
A LIFE ON VINALHAVEN
2000
COMET
2000
OCTOBER IS IN THE WIND
2000
THE NINTH AMERICAN DREAM
2001
THE NINTH LOVE CROSS
2001
ÀI
2002
ÀI
2002
THE 6666, THE AMERICAN DREAM
2002
US 66 (CITIES)
2002
US 66 (STATES)
2002
FOUR DIAMOND PING
2003
FOUR DIAMOND PING
2003
PEACE: THE MISSING GEM
2003
PEACE SINKS IN CONFUSION
2003
PEACE PLUNGES IN DESPAIR
2003
PEACE FALLS IN TERROR
2003
PEACE ESCAPES ONCE AGAIN
2003
PEACE ELUDES THE WORLD
2003
PEACE DIVES IN OBLIVION
2003
PEACE DETHRONED YET AGAIN
2003
PEACE: A PEARL IN PERIL
2003
FOUR DIAMOND PEACE
2003
THE FOUR DIAMOND PEACE DIAMOND
2003
THE GINKGO ÀI
2006
THE GINKGO ÀI
2006
