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The Dietary

1962

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A 60 by 48 inch painting consisting of a large circular design and text against a yellow ground. The work's title, "The Dietary," appears in black stenciled letters across the bottom of the canvas. Above this is a black circle surrounded by a ring containing the numerals one through eight alternating between red against a yellow ground and yellow against a red ground. This is surrounded by a ring containing the word DIE, painted in stenciled letters eight times, alternating between black letters against a white background and white letters against a black background.

The Dietary

1962

Oil on canvas

60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)

 

Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's, New York; Artwork: © Morgan Art Foundation Ltd./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Description

Originally conceived as a diptych with The Eateria, this work was sold separately. The painting was the first of Indiana's works to be illustrated in color in a magazine, in the September 20, 1963 issue of Life.