Offset Lithograph Poster after Howard Finster for Mendelson Gallery

Item Details

After Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001)
Looking In, 1992
Offset lithograph on paper
Unsigned
Published by Mendelson Gallery and P.J. McArdle

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 at the end created 46,991 numbered pieces.

• Please note, this item may be rolled for storage and shipping.

Condition

- light creases throughout; small creases to corners; light smudges to edges of poster.

Dimensions

Item #

ITMG985365