Howard Finster "No Cokes In Hell" Offset Lithograph Exhibition Poster, 1992
Item Details
Reverend Howard Finster (American; 1916-2001)
No Cokes In Hell, 1992
Offset lithograph on paper
Signed to the lower right margin
Numbered 27/500
Exhibition poster for Not of this World – The Visionary Art of Howard Finster, 1992. Exhibition ran December, 1992 – March 1993 at the Columbia Museum of Art.
Reverend William Howard Finster was a minister for over forty years in Alabama, the place where he was born. After retirement, he moved to Summerville, Georgia, where he turned his swampland into Paradise Garden in reflection of his religious beliefs and a vision that sent him on a mission to create sacred art. Finster used oil, watercolor, lacquer and other paints on found objects and salvaged pieces of glass and cardboard to make religious folk art creations. His works have been featured on album covers for popular rock bands such as the Talking Heads which was featured as the 1985 album of the year in Rolling Stones Magazine, as well as on REM’s Reckoning album cover. Perhaps his most well known work is the eight foot tall Coca-Cola bottle commissioned for the 1996 Olympic Games global art project. Finster promised God he would create 5,000 paintings in his lifetime and in the end created 46,991 numbered pieces.
- Please note, this item may be rolled for storage and shipping.
Condition
- slight toning to paper, with foxing along upper margin; paper tends to curl from rolled storage.
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Item #
ITMG425822
