Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Howard Finster (1916-2001)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 1985
Country of origin; materials: American; painted wood
Dimensions (H, W, D): 11.5"h, 49"w; 19.25"h, 55.5"w frame
Additional Information: "I’m not here to live a normal life. ?I’m sent here on a mission. I was fore-predestinated for this planet. Just like Henry Ford." ~ Rev. Howard Finster to Liza Kerwin.
Provenance: Collection of the late Denis Jacobs, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Born in Johannesburg, Mr. Jacobs was an architect and interior designer. He lived in London, Zurich and New York before making his home in South Florida in the 1970s. In addition to a number of commercial projects, he designed homes for an international clientele, notably in South Africa, Panama and Florida. He loved entertaining and attending classical music concerts, and traveled to over 120 countries and every continent with his longtime soulmate and husband.
Quote: Liza Kirwin ?"Appreciation: The Reverend Howard Finster, the Last Red Light before the Apocalypse." American Art journal 16, no. 2, as referenced by the Smithsonian Institute.
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Condition
very good (condition of art only; a few marks and scratches to plexiglass) (Note: Condition of outsider and naive-style art is described in a general way per visual inspection, with the expectation that many, if not all, imperfections are expected and inherent to salvaged materials incorporated into such works.)
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