Artist Monograph

Robert Indiana, American

American, 1928–2018

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	17	34%
Printmaking	8	16%
Other Media	6	12%
Lithography	4	8%
Acrylic Painting	3	6%
Etching	2	4%
Oil Painting	1	2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	39	78%
Architecture & Design	7	14%
Painting & Sculpture	4	8%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 20
Illustrated Book — 16
Design — 7
Sculpture — 3
Multiple — 2
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	13.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	26	72.2%
Large (1–3 m)	5	13.9%

Range: 2.2 cm → 198.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	2
1963	2
1964	3
1965	1
1966	1
1967	2
1968	15
1969	1
1971	1
1976	3
1978	11
1979	1
1987	1
1990	3
1993	1
2018	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 50 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
French Atomic Bomb Sculpture Acc. 1127.1964	1959-60	Acrylic gesso on wood beam with metal element and metal wheel	38 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 4 7/8" (98 x 29.5 x 12.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 11.57 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Arne Ekstrom
Law Sculpture Acc. 783.1969	1960-62	Acrylic gesso on wood beam with wood-and-iron wheel	44 1/8 x 10 7/8 x 3 1/8" (111.9 x 27.6 x 7.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Moon Sculpture Acc. 288.1961	1960	Acrylic gesso on wood beam with wood-and-iron wheels and concrete	6' 6" x 17 1/8" x 10 1/4" (198.1 x 43.5 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Philip Johnson Fund
The American Dream, I Painting Acc. 287.1961	1961	Oil on canvas	6' x 60 1/8" (183 x 152.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Robert Indiana Design Acc. 390.1963	1962	Poster	26 1/8 x 21 1/4" (66.3 x 53.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Stable Gallery
The American Hay Company Drawing Acc. 212.1963	1962	Conté crayon frottage on paper	25 1/8 x 19" (63.9 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Eugene and Clare Thaw Fund
Err (plate 9) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1967.9	1963, published 1964	Photogravure and etching from an album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint, one with drypoint, one with pencil additions), three photogravures (two with etching), and one relief halftone	plate: 4 3/8 x 6" (11.1 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 11/16" (25.5 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery
Eternal Hexagon from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) Print Acc. 139.1965.9	1964	One from a portfolio of ten screenprints	composition 17 1/2 x 16" (44.5 x 40.7 cm); sheet 23 15/16 x 19 15/16" (60.9 x 50.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Harry C. Oppenheimer (by exchange)
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, 23 Apr 64 Design Acc. 875.1979	1964	Lithograph	45 3/4 x 29 3/4" (116.0 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Plate (page 52) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.17	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 15 1/4 × 11 1/8" (38.7 × 28.2 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Robert Indiana, New Art, Stable New York Design Acc. 144.1968	1964	Offset lithograph	45 1/2 x 30 3/4" (115.5 x 78.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
The Four Winds (double page tailpiece, pages 140 and 141) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.52	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 14 9/16 × 19 3/4" (37 × 50.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Paris Review Design Acc. 2287.1967	1965	Silkscreen	24 3/4 x 26" (62.8 x 66.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen
LOVE ring Multiple Acc. 1128.2018	1966	Multiple of polished solid 18 karat gold	7/8 × 7/8 × 1 3/16" (2.2 × 2.2 × 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joan Kron and Audrey Sabol
LOVE ring Multiple Acc. 1129.2018	1966	Multiple of polished solid 18 karat gold	7/8 × 7/8 × 1 3/16" (2.2 × 2.2 × 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joan Kron and Audrey Sabol
Love, Indiana Stable May 66 Design Acc. 706.1966	1966	Silkscreen	32 x 24" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Posters Original, Limited
55555 (folio 10) from Stamped Indelibly Illustrated Book Acc. 94.1968.11	1967	One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 5 1/4 × 5 3/8" (13.3 × 13.7 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
LOVE Print Acc. 415.1990	1967	Screenprint	composition and sheet: 33 15/16 x 33 15/16" (86.3 x 86.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Fund
Pelvic and Bright (folio 5) from Stamped Indelibly Illustrated Book Acc. 94.1968.5	1967	One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 × 3 3/4" (19.1 × 9.5 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
EIGHT (plate, folio 25) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.8	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
FIVE (plate, folio 16) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.5	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
FOUR (plate, folio 13) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.4	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
Indiana 3, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Indianapolis Design Acc. 446.1976	1968	Silkscreen	37 15/16 x 19" (96.4 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Peter Stone Collection of Posters by Artists
Nine (plate, folio 28) from Numbers Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.9	1968	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
Numbers Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.1-10	1968	Illustrated book with ten screenprints	ea. composition 23 7/16 x 19 5/8" (59.6 x 49.8 cm) page 25 9/16 x 19 11/16" (65 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
ONE (plate, folio 4) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.1	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
SEVEN (plate, folio 22) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.7	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
SIX (plate, folio 19) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.6	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
The German Love (Die Deutsche Liebe) from Graphik USA Print Acc. 738.1968.2	1968	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 22 1/8 × 22 1/16" (56.2 × 56 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 23 5/8" (75.1 × 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
THREE (plate, folio 10) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.3	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
TWO (plate, folio 7) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.2	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
ZERO (plate, folio 31) from NUMBERS Illustrated Book Acc. 1644.1968.10	1968		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation Fund
American Art Since 1960, The Art Museum, Princeton University, May 5 through May 27, 1970 Design Acc. 445.1976	1970	Silkscreen	34 7/8 x 24 15/16" (88.6 x 63.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Peter Stone Collection of Posters by Artists
American Dream Print Acc. 448.1971	(1971)	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
BLACK AND WHITE LOVE from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.9	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 29 7/8 x 30" (75.9 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
Decade Print Acc. 414.1978.1-10	1971	Portfolio of ten screenprints	Various composition dimensions. Sheet (ea. approx.): 38 15/16 x 32" (99.0 x81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
MISSISSIPPI from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.6	1971	Screenprint	composition 34 15/16 x 29 15/16" (88.7 x 76.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
PARROT from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.8	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 35 1/2 x 30 5/8" (90.2 x 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
TERRE HAUTE NO. 2 from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.10	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 35 3/4 x 29 15/16" (90.9 x 76.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
The American Dream from the portfolio Decade Print Acc. 414.1978.1	1971	Screenprint	composition 35 15/16 x 29 15/16" (91.3 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.5	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	irreg composition 31 7/8 x 31 7/8" (80.9 x 80.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
THE CALUMET from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.2	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 35 15/16 x 29 7/8" (91.3 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
THE FIGURE FIVE from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.4	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 35 7/8 x 29 15/16" (91.2 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
USA 666 from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.7	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	irreg composition 28 3/16 x 28 1/4" (71.6 x 71.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
YIELD BROTHER from the portfolio DECADE Print Acc. 414.1978.3	1971	Serigraph, printed in color	composition 35 15/16 x 29 7/8" (91.3 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sloan
Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.61	1974, published 1975	Screenprint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 24 x 20" (61 x 50.8cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22" (76 x 55.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Liberty '76 from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence Print Acc. 503.1976.6	1975	Screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs, four screenprints (one with collage additions), and two lithograph and screenprints	composition: 38 × 34 1/8" (96.5 × 86.6 cm); sheet: 40 × 36 1/8" (101.6 × 91.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lorillard, A Division of Loews Theatres, Inc.
KvF III from The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series Print Acc. 416.1990	1990	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
KvF IV from The Hartley Elegies: The Berlin Series Print Acc. 417.1990	1990	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Art Print Acc. 12.1993	1992	Etching and aquatint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Vinalhaven Press