Eternal Hexagon

1964

Robert Indiana

Associated Names
Robert Indiana

Artist, American, 1928 - 2018

Ives-Sillman

Printer, 1966 - 1992

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Publisher

The image contains a hexagonal shape inside a circular boundary. A number "6" is located inside a yellow hexagon. The words "ETERNAL HEXAGON" are written in red along the upper part of the circle, and "HEXAGON" is repeated in red below on a brown background. The design resembles educational or cautionary graphic styles.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on Mohawk wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    image: 44.45 x 46.04 cm (17 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 60.96 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.100.3.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sheehan 1991, no. 33

Associated Artworks

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The image displays a collection of geometric shapes and lines in shades of yellow forming an abstract pattern. A large circle is surrounded by smaller shapes including plus signs and arrows. The background consists of crosshatched lines creating a textured surface resembling a digital aesthetic. The arrangement evokes common symbols found in technology interfaces.

Untitled

George Ortman, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image displays two large blue X shapes at the top and bottom of the canvas, with a small white plus sign in the center. The composition has an abstract quality, resembling mathematical symbols. The arrangement of the X's may suggest direction or multiplication, while the plus sign indicates addition.

X + X

Various Artists, George Ortman, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, Stuart Davis, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Poons, Robert Indiana, Ad Reinhardt, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image shows a composition of vertical and horizontal stripes in blue and yellow colors with a diagonal line dividing the canvas into two triangles. The upper part has vertical stripes and the lower part has horizontal stripes.

Untitled (Rabat)

Frank Stella, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Madison, Connecticut; acquired 1975 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Sheehan, Susan. Robert Indiana Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1951-1991. New York: Susan Sheehan Gallery, 1991, no. 33.

Markings

embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]

Wikidata ID

Q65576735

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