
Robert Indiana (American, 1928–2018). Year of Meteors, 1961. Oil on canvas, 90 x 84 inches (228.6 x 213.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1962 (K1962:13). © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Robert Indiana
American, 1928-2018
Year of Meteors, 1961
oil on canvas
support: 90 x 84 inches (228.6 x 213.36 cm); framed: 92 x 86 1/16 x 3 inches (233.68 x 218.6 x 7.62 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1962
K1962:13
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Stable Gallery, New York;November 19, 1962, purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery with funds provided by Seymour H. Knox
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This information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms
Year of Meteors is one of several “literary paintings” Robert Indiana created during the early 1960s. The painting’s central geometric motif, a compass rose with eight points and two concentric circles, provides the architecture for passages from Walt Whitman’s poem “Year of Meteors,” published in Leaves of Grass. In his poem, Whitman reflects on events of 1859 and 1860, including the passage of the ship the Great Eastern (an engineering marvel) through New York Harbor, the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, and a rare meteor procession.
Label from Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective, June 16–September 23, 2018
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