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Eternal Hexagon
196424 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Robert Indiana
American (New Castle, IN, 1928 - 2018, Vinalhaven, Me.)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Serigraph
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.335.2
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Edition: 255/500
Publisher: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Portfolio: X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)
[Gallery label text 2013]
Born Robert Clark, Indiana took the name of his home state to emphasize that his essential subject was American visual culture. He describes himself as a “sign painter.”
External Hexagon is one of Indiana’s many precise geometric forms based on numbers. The hexagon, a flat shape with six sides and six angles, is a fundamental organizing structure in nature, and an important symbol in many religions. In the hands of a pop artist who is engaged in commercial graphics, this reference to eternity is ironic.
Born Robert Clark, Indiana took the name of his home state to emphasize that his essential subject was American visual culture. He describes himself as a “sign painter.”
External Hexagon is one of Indiana’s many precise geometric forms based on numbers. The hexagon, a flat shape with six sides and six angles, is a fundamental organizing structure in nature, and an important symbol in many religions. In the hands of a pop artist who is engaged in commercial graphics, this reference to eternity is ironic.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Entry. Susan Sheehan. American Prints from the Sixties. New York, New York: Susan Sheehan Gallery, 1989.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1976.
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