Decade: Autoportrait 1961
Maker and role
Artist: Robert Indiana, American, 1928-2018
Year
1972-1977
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
72 x 72in (182.9 x 182.9cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
1999.93
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
In 1971, Robert Indiana began work on a suite of paintings known as the Decade: Autoportraits, each documenting a different year of his life in the 1960s. Using an overlapping, quasi-Cubist format, he stenciled his signature words such as "eat," "die," "jack," and "juke," along with the names of people he had known and the places he had visited, lived, or worked during the decade onto the canvases.
Copyright
© Morgan Art Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Documentation
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 209
Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective; 2018; p. 17, 29, 120, 166, 180; pl. 40
Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective; 2018; p. 17, 29, 120, 166, 180; pl. 40
Subject period
Docent information sheet
http://collection.mcnayart.org/docs/indianadecade.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1999.93 Indiana\Robert Indiana Sculpture Retrospective 2018.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1999.93 Indiana\Robert Indiana Sculpture Retrospective 2018.pdf
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