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INDIANA, ROBERT. Group of 5 ink, or graphite and ink, drawings Signed, "RI," sketched designs for various projects. Each signed at lower edge and dated. 11x8½ inches, 1992 drawing on ruled paper; few scattered creases or folds, 2008 drawing with small stain at right edge. [Vinalhaven], 1992-2008
15 April 1992: In brown felt tip, showing two columns of letters in boxes, "BE / CK / KA / RG / 19 / 92," likely intended to illustrate promotional materials for Tad Beck's "Body Parts" exhibition at Nathalie Karg Gallery in New York, March 1992. 17 November 1998: Showing a letter "K" in a box with caption, "KEITH / (HATES SCRABBLE)." 6 May 2000: In ink and pencil, showing two sides of a cube with letter "A" on each side and caption, "BAS RELIEF: INDIANA VERTICAL," possibly related to study for work commissioned by Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon in 2000 that became The Indiana Obelisk. 27 August 2001: Showing letter "A" below caption, "CASANOVA." 22 June 2008: Showing a box of letters in three columns, the first row forming the word "WAR," on paper embossed with his eye-in-star stamp at upper edge. Provenance: Robert Indiana; thence by gift the current owner.
