Howard Finster Poster Print of 20,000th Work of Art

Item Details

Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001)
Many people wanted my twenty thousand work of art, this is it
Poster print on paper
Signed, dated, titled, and numbered in plate

A poster print on paper titled Many people wanted my twenty thousand work of art, this is it by famed folk artist Reverend William Howard Finster (American, 1916-2001). This work features the artist’s illustration of a street populated with turn of the century Ford vehicles and town houses. The work is titled and signed in plate to the lower margin; it is also numbered in plate to the lower center. The work is not mounted and remains unframed.

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.

Condition

- minor wear to edges of paper; faint marks along edges of paper.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC492-141