Robert Indiana
American, 1928-2018
Eternal Hexagon from the portfolio Ten Works X Ten Painters, 1964
Artwork Details
Materials
color screen print on off-white Mohawk paper
Edition:
238/500 plus 10 artist's proofs
Measurements
image area: 17 1/2 x 16 inches (44.45 x 40.64 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 19 15/16 inches (60.8 x 50.64 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Frederic P. Norton, 1999
Accession ID
P1999:6.617.2
Robert Indiana associated the number six with his father, who was born in June and worked for Phillips 66 when the artist was a child. Indiana chose this composition as his contribution to a 1964 portfolio of works by various artists entitled “Ten Works X Ten Painters.”
Label from Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective, June 16–September 23, 2018
